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Man-made junk floating around in outer space could wreck weather forecasting

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outer space it could wreck weather forecasting. The European Space Agency estimates 130 million bits of debris are orbiting Earth ranging from a tool bag dropped by an International Space Station astronaut in 2008 to frozen urine ejected from waste hatches.

Though most are less than 1cm in diameter nearly a million are up to 10cm wide and 34,000 larger. Even the smallest piece of debris can cause catastrophic damage if it strikes a satellite.

A collision could caused internet connections to fail and services such as Google Maps to stop working. Weather forecasting, satellite navigation and even banking could be affected.

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