Mind-blowing space junk map shows '200 ticking time bombs' in orbit around the Earth
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dailystar.co.ukspace junk map shows '200 ticking time bombs' in orbit around the Earth. The huge pieces of space debris are large rocket bodies which have the potential to break into thousands of pieces.They are shown on AstriaGraph, a map which shows where each human-made object is located in space.A team of scientists in the US has created the technology to track and predict the behaviour of space junk, the BBC reports.This is because there is a risk it could crash into functioning satellites which provide GPS, weather warnings and other vital services and stop working.The map, funded by the US government, is tracking more than 26,000 objects floating around space.They vary in size from a smartphone to the Space Station, the team said.Around 3,500 of.
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