NASA-funded laser network to knock space junk off orbit

The research explores whether space-based lasers can zap even tiny particles or large fields of debris off potential collision courses with objects like satellites or space stations. (Image: Illustration/Savanna Leech)
Space junk has become an urgent problem because the world’s outer environment is getting increasingly cluttered
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