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Space Debris, Plastic Detection, and Solar Revelations

Space Debris, Plastic Detection, and Solar Revelations

Simply Science

May 6, 202511m 32s

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Show Notes

Explore the impending Earth return of Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos 482, a groundbreaking 3D-printed device for detecting nano and microplastics, and the Inouye Solar Telescope's unprecedented images of sunspots using its new Visible Tunable Filter.

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https://eladelantado.com/news/kosmos-482-2025-soviet-spacecraft/
https://www.deccanherald.com/science/space/a-500-kg-object-is-set-to-crash-land-on-earth-and-no-its-not-an-asteroid-3524094
https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/doomed-soviet-spacecraft-tumbling-toward-earth-may-already-have-its-parachute-out-new-images-hint
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-tool-nanoplastics-microplastics-environment.html
https://entechonline.com/nanoplastics-and-microplastics-detection-with-3d-printed-technology/
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