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Seismic Sensors Can Track Falling Space Junk Through Sonic Booms
Posted in Science on 6th Mar, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Scientists have discovered that earthquake monitoring systems can be used to track space debris as it falls back to Earth. The method relies on detecting the sonic booms created when objects reenter the atmosphere at extremely high speeds.
Rockets and satellites are shedding metal into the atmosphere
Posted in Science on 26th Oct, 2023
by Alex Muller
The presence of those metals could change the chemistry of the stratosphere.
College Students Built A Satellite Powered By AA Batteries
Posted in Science on 20th Mar, 2023
by Alex Muller
Since tracking began in late May 2022, the students' satellite has already lowered down to 470 kilometers-well below its fellow rocketmates aboard the Falcon 9, which remain around 500 kilometers high.
Modern satellites are shaping the course of climate science
Posted in Science on 27th Nov, 2022
by Alex Muller
By tracking things like changes in sea ice coverage or the mass of ice sheets, scientists can get an idea of how the Earth's climate is changing, and what course it might take into the future.
Sfera Technologies Startup Interview
Posted in Hardware, Interviews, Science on 4th Mar, 2022
by Alex Muller
Sfera Technologies is a startup to enable satellite data to get back to Earth and be used as soon as it's needed.