SCIENCEMay 6 · 10:00 UTCSPACE.COMJulian Dossett

Solar activity makes space junk crash to Earth faster

A coronal mass ejection captured by the ESA-NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft increases the speed of space junk crashing to Earth. This event is related to solar activity. The crash of space junk to Earth is accelerated due to this phenomenon.

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European Space AgencyorganizationNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationorganizationESA-NASA Solar and Heliospheric ObservatorytopicEarthplace

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