Space debris near miss

[Eldorado 50,531]

The idea of two enormous defunct satellites crashing may sound like the plot from a science fiction blockbuster, but it almost become a reality last night.

Two big pieces of space junk narrowly avoided a collision at 01:56 BST last night, much to the relief of worried astronomers.

The close encounter took place 616 miles above the South Atlantic Ocean, , according to tracking company LeoLabs.

Full monty at the UK Mirror: Link

And at Space dot com: Link

Edited October 16 by Eldorado

[seanjo 5,997]

Big problem space junk, made worse by collision's that break the junk into even smaller and more abundant pieces.

[third_eye 47,144]

Don't worry, earthlings will mostly be living on the moon and probably even, Mars, before anything troublesome happens, as long as the caviar keeps coming from Uranus 

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