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Colliding space debris produces radio bursts, raising prospect of ‘debris weather’ alerts

Written by  Leonard David Wednesday, 10 December 2025 16:36
The space environment is peppered with space debris, some fragments too small to see with current systems, but energetic enough to pose a severe hazard to operational spacecraft. Credit: credit: The Aerospace Corporation’s Space Safety Institute

GOLDEN, CO — A university team has found that small orbital debris could emit radio bursts as they collide or approach each other in space. The signal can be detected with large radio dishes on Earth, as well as satellites in orbit.  This new intelligence agency-funded research is focused on gauging the interaction of orbital debris […]

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