Our Fragile Space, an exhibition from photographer Max Alexander, focuses on the impact of the millions of pieces of cosmic waste circling Earth
, they highlight a growing problem: increasing amounts of debris are orbiting Earth in the same region of space as thousands of satellites, heightening the risk of collisions.Alexander collaborated with astronomy writer Stuart Clark, the University of Warwick, UK, and its Centre for Space Domain Awareness, among others, to draw attention to the impact of the some 160 million pieces of cosmic waste circling Earth – all of which have human-made origins.
; a puncture made in an aluminium plate by a plastic projectile travelling at high velocity, as part of a study into the effects of impacts at orbital speed ;A view of Greenwich in London with a montage of examples of space debris superimposed on the sky; and pictured below, an astronaut’s glove dropped during a spacewalk from the Gemini IV mission in 1965.
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