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The EOS Space Systems Satellite Laser Ranging Facility tracks space debris at Mount Stromlo near Canberra. (Photo: AFP)

Australia to create national space agency

Australia has committed to creating a national space agency as it looks to cash in on the lucrative and fast-evolving...

26 Sept 2017 8:56 AM IST

The balls were 40kg pieces of the rocket used to hold reaction control system propellant or tank pressure gases. (Photo: Pixabay)

Giant balls of metal are falling from sky in towns across globe,...

Metal spheres spotted falling from sky in different parts of world have left dozens completely baffled.

2 Feb 2018 8:52 PM IST

It has already docked with the International Space Station and the tests are expected to begin in the next few weeks. (Photo: Surrey Space Centre)

Scientists to begin testing of debris-clearing spacecraft

The RemoveDebris satellite is carrying a number of different devices designed to help clear the huge amount of debris...

9 April 2018 10:22 AM IST

Last year, a tiny piece of debris punched a gaping hole in the solar panel of Copernicus Sentinel-1A, an observation satellite operated by the European Space Agency, or ESA.

Space needs some cleaning from man-made debris

A flurry of upcoming satellite constellations from private companies such as SpaceX, Google and Arlington, OneWeb can...

22 April 2017 12:24 PM IST