Did space junk destroy a Russian satellite? Experts sound alarm over growing cloud of debris orbiting our planet

Did space junk destroy a Russian satellite? Experts sound alarm over growing cloud of debris orbiting our planet | Mail Online: "The destruction of a small Russian satellite shows the growing threat space junk poses to activities in low-Earth orbit, experts have warned. Russia's Ball Lens In The Space nanosatellite is thought to have been obliterated by a collision with a piece of debris left spinning around the planet by a Chinese anti-satellite weapon test in 2007.



The Earth is surrounded by an ever-growing cloud of space junk, which Nasa has estimated contains 500,000 objects bigger than a marble, and 22,000 bigger than a cricket ball."