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Tech Tuesday: Exploring the problem of outer space debris

In this image made available by NASA, debris ejects from the asteroid Dimorphos, right, a few minutes after the intentional collision of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission on Sept. 26, 2022, captured by the nearby Italian Space Agency’s LICIACube. On Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2022l, NASA said the spacecraft succeeded in shifting its orbit.
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In this image made available by NASA, debris ejects from the asteroid Dimorphos, right, a few minutes after the intentional collision of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission on Sept. 26, 2022, captured by the nearby Italian Space Agency’s LICIACube. On Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2022l, NASA said the spacecraft succeeded in shifting its orbit.

There are a lot of things in space: satellites, rockets and fragments from other missions like tools and screws that break off from spacecrafts.

These materials all contribute to space debris, which is increasing. How did all of these objects enter Earth's orbit? What are we doing about them right now and how urgent is the issue?

Children on social media face many threats to their safety like misinformation and privacy violations. A youth-led coalition is trying to make the internet and social media safer for kids.

They have been working hard to advance policy changes that protect the privacy of children online.

As Apple develops its AI version of Siri, the company is looking into Google’s Gemini as an option.

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