Spacecraft are great explorers, but they can be frustrating pen pals. The farther from home a probe ventures, the longer its dispatches take to reach eager humans on Earth and the terser such reports ...

Researchers in China have improved the accuracy of detecting space junk in orbit around the earth. The goal of the project is to allow more effective plotting of safe routes for spacecraft maneuvers.

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