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Should we be worried about space debris? Scientists explain

all satellites, like this one here, have the potential to become dangerous space debris

Space debris can damage spacecrafts of damage space stations due to the high speed at which it travels. Image: UNSPLASH/NASA

Supantha Mukherjee
Author, Reuters
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Space debris consists of discarded launch vehicles or parts of a spacecraft, which float around hundreds of miles above Earth. Image: Space Safety

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