Space Junk

Laser Proposed to Blast Away Space Junk

Medicine & Technology Apr 18, 2015

The exploration to space has been paved with litter as missions after mission and satellite after satellite has left much of Earth's orbit as nothing more than a glorified garbage dump. Now, scientists have proposed a new way to deal with the trash problem - blast it.

Most Popular

pyramid

Pharaoh's Curse Unlocked? Scientists Claim To Have Cracked the Mystery of What Killed Over 20 People Who Opened the Tomb of King Tut in 1922

Alien Life on K2-18b: Planet That Emits Gas Produced Only by Life Sparks Interest Among Astronomers

Alien Life on K2-18b: Planet That Emits Gas Produced Only by Life Sparks Interest Among Astronomers

toilet bowl

Constipation Explained: Here's Why You May Find It Hard To Pass Stool at Times

Weird Animal Diet: 5 Species With Unusual Food Preferences

Weird Animal Diet: 5 Species With Unusual Food Preferences

4,500-Year-Old 'Zombie Grave' Unearthed in Germany Shows Ancient People's Fear of Revenants

4,500-Year-Old 'Zombie Grave' Unearthed in Germany Shows Ancient People's Fear of Revenants

Recommended Stories

NASA’s TESS Mission Spots Its First Free-Floating Planet Using ‘Rogue-Hunting’ Concept From Einstein

SPACE

NASA’s TESS Mission Spots Its First Free-Floating Planet Using ‘Rogue-Hunting’ Concept From Einstein

'Morbid' Alien Theory: Extraterrestrials Haven't Contacted Humans as They're Destroyed By Gamma-Ray Bursts

SPACE

‘Morbid’ Alien Theory: Extraterrestrials Haven’t Contacted Humans As They’re Destroyed by Gamma-Ray Bursts

Largest Space Molecules Found in Cat’s Paw Nebula Reveal How the Universe Grew So Complex

SPACE

Largest Space Molecules Found in Cat’s Paw Nebula Reveal How the Universe Grew So Complex

Cosmic Monsters Create Intersections That Lead To Stellar-Mass Black Holes Collisions

SPACE

Cosmic Monsters Create Intersections That Lead To Stellar-Mass Black Holes Collisions