
How are asteroids, space weather and space debris detected before they hit Earth?
The European Space Agency’s Space Situational Awareness program is tackling the problem on three fronts.
The amount of trash in Earth orbit, from spent rocket stages, broken satellites and micrometeoroids, is growing. Scientists are working on methods to combat the threat of space junk and orbital debris collisions.
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