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Space Junk Threatens Cascade of Collisions

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Scientists estimate there are roughly 30,000 items circling the Earth that are larger in size than 10 centimeters. This sheer amount of debris in low-Earth orbit is tipping space dangerously close to a cascade of hazardous collisions. Learn more on what we know about space junk.

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