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Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational space junk removal system. Just maybe not this exact one.

Astronauts could soon be blasting space junk with lasers

Science

A recent proposal by Japanese researchers would equip the International Space Station with a laser beam that could blast pieces of orbiting debris away. The reason? Hundreds of thousands of pieces of space junk are circling the Earth at more than 17,000 miles per hour, posing a danger to the ISS and other space projects.

Space junk orbiting Earth endangers satellites, spacecraft

Environment

Why Space Junk Needs to be Taken Seriously

Environment

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Space debris nearly plunges into International Space Station

Environment

Three astronauts on board the International Space Station had a bit of a scare when space debris whizzed by the space station. The Takeaway talks with Ben Baseley-Walker, a legal and policy consultant at the Secure World Foundation.