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  • Airborne researchers catch up with falling space debris

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    Stationed aboard a Gulfstream business jet over the Indian Ocean, an international team of scientists observed a mysterious fragment of space junk falling through Earth’s atmosphere Friday years after it was discarded on a deep space mission. Astronomers saw the re-entry, which was predicted after the object’s rediscovery in early October, as a prime research…

  • Roving chunk of space junk plunging back to Earth

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    WT1190F on Nov. 3. Credit: Bill Ryan at Magdalena Ridge Observatory. A long-lost fragment of space debris is falling toward Earth for a searing re-entry over the Indian Ocean on Friday, but the widely-watched event poses no risk to people. Nevertheless, aviation and maritime authorities have cautioned pilots and sailors to steer clear of the…

  • UAE details ambitious plan for Martian weather satellite

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    Artist’s concept of the Emirates Mars Mission. Credit: Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center Scientists from the United Arab Emirates have announced the Arab world’s first Mars probe will launch in July 2020 and collect global measurements of the Martian atmosphere. Assuming a launch in 2020, the robotic probe will fly on a seven-month cruise to…