Space Pollution

Space Pollution Needs Solution

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.01.2011

WASHINGTON — Space junk has made such a mess of Earth's orbit that experts say we may need to finally think about cleaning it up. That may mean...

Stanford Researchers: We Should Tax Space Pollution

Discover Magazine | Posted 05.25.2011

Now, Stanford University scientists believe they have a solution--though it certainly has a long path to approval, let alone implementation. They have...

Cosmic Cleanup Or Duck And Cover? How To Deal With Space Pollution

AP | VERONIKA OLEKSYN | Posted 05.25.2011

VIENNA — Think of it as a galactic garbage dump. With a recent satellite collision still fresh on minds, participants at a meeting in the Austri...

TEXAS FIREBALL: Space Pollution May Be Falling On Dallas

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

DALLAS — What looked like a fireball streaked across the Texas sky on Sunday morning, leading many people to call authorities to report seeing f...

Satellite Crash Debris Will Threaten Spacecraft For 10,000 Years

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

MOSCOW — The chief of Russia's Mission Control says clouds of debris from the collision between U.S. and Russian communications satellites will ...

Satellite Collision Focuses Attention On Space Pollution

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN and DOUGLAS BIRCH | Posted 05.25.2011

MOSCOW — U.S. and Russian officials traded shots Thursday over who was to blame for a huge satellite collision this week that spewed speeding cl...