How NASA is homing in from space on ocean debris

In late 2025, scientists reported that for the first time, they were able to detect concentrations of plastic pollution on ...
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NASA's EMIT sensor advances space technology to track ocean debris

NASA’s EMIT sensor uses imaging spectroscopy and spectral libraries to support large-scale tracking of plastic and other marine debris from space.

I Track Space Debris As It Crashes to Earth

L ast February, debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set the skies of Europe ablaze before crashing down to Earth in Poland, ...

NASA tests space sensors for tracking ocean debris

Scientists at NASA are beginning to look at ocean debris from an unfamiliar angle, not from ships or beaches, but from orbit.
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Study shows how earthquake monitors can track space junk through sonic booms

As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming ...

Earthquake sensors can track space junk that crashes back to Earth

Earthquake sensors can detect sonic booms generated by reentering space debris to help track the potentially dangerous ...