Stalking Venus

A bunch of scientist types were hanging about in their aeroplane on September 2nd doing sciency things and studying the ice shelf at Ellesmere Island in Canada’s northern Arctic region.
The weather came down around them, and they were surrounded with cloud for a bit. When the cloud cleared, suddenly - hey presto! - a 19 [...]

Great article on universetoday.com about the amount of shit that’s floating about in space around our planet. Also included are some great pictures that show the position of all traceable stuff up there.

Read the article here.