Astronomers have discovered new tidal debris stripped away from colliding galaxies. New debris images are of special interest since they show the full history of galaxy collisions and resultant starburst activities, which are important in 'growing' galaxies in the early Universe. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A red truck came apart while doing doughnuts during the freestyle competition of Friday night’s Monster Jam show, the witnesses said. Debris from the truck flew 30 to 50 feet over a safety barrier into the stands.
*image not the monster truck in story picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

Yesterday, search aircraft and ships found the grim detritus of the destroyed aircraft – a few floating seat cushions, some debris, an oil slick – in two widely separated patches in roughly the same area where a passing pilot thought he saw flickering flames on the water in the hours after the Paris-bound Airbus 330 vanished Sunday night.
Update to this story picked by bingo 6 months ago

Debris spots found on stars reveal planets that went splat like bugs on a windshield. The finding could help unravel mysteries of planet formation. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The New York Times talks about my commute. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

NASA discovered that space shuttle Atlantis has been holed by a tiny piece of space debris. The 1/10-inch hole represents the second largest debris damage event ever identified. Fortunately, it missed everything that was important to the mission. Space debris is an increasingly challenging problem. picked by Fanatic 3 years ago

The dust-filled disks where new planets may be forming around other stars occasionally take on some difficult-to-understand shapes. Now, a team led by John Debes at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., finds that a star's motion through interstellar gas can account for many of them. picked by kakana 3 months ago

Cosmic debris stripped away from the wreck of colliding galaxies has been found by the Subaru telescope atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

The debris fields could shed light on galaxy formation and starburst activity in the early universe by allowing astronomers to retrace the paths of the colliding galaxies before they merged. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A meteorite that slammed into Earth 1.85 billion years ago at the present site of Sudbury, Ontario, is now making news 500 miles away in northeastern Minnesota. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

What happens to the hundreds or thousands of debris chunks I wonder? The satellites weighed 1 ton and 1/2 ton, respectively.

Update to Suebe's post, with video here (scroll down) picked by meggysue 10 months ago

Red-faced Brazilian officials say debris they thought was from an Air France crash in the Atlantic was in fact sea "trash," adding to the uncertainties surrounding the jet tragedy.

"Up to now, no material from the plane has been recovered," Brigadier Ramon Cardoso, director of Brazilian air traffic control, told reporters.
Update to this picked by bingo 6 months ago

Fast-moving mountain landslides called “debris flows” topped the news in September 2004 when one such slide killed five people in Macon County’s Peeks Creek community, but it is another type of less-understood slope failure that is the focus of a long-term research project involving Western Carolina University geology students and faculty, and the state’s Geological Survey ... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

It used to be called the final frontier - the great unknown only the most prized and powerful technology could conquer.

But now, as these images show, the space beyond our atmosphere has become yet one more place blighted by man-made litter, with potentially devastating results. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Artist's rendition of the 12,000+ pieces of space junk orbiting the Earth. picked by cb__ 9 months ago

Donna and Danny Pistole's black-and-white cat survived a February tornado that destroyed the family's mobile home, coming out of nearby woods skittish but no worse for wear. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Thousands of dead fish are floating in the Mississippi Sound after two fish spills from pogy boats. The Department of Marine Resources says 400,000 dead fish are floating in two areas; one about 2.5 to 3 miles south of Long Beach, the other south of Waveland. picked by dollyllama 4 months ago

A "plastic soup" of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of the continental United States, scientists have said. The vast expanse of debris – in effect the world's largest rubbish dump – is held in place by swirling underwater currents. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

When Kevin Montondo mows his yard, he puts on his hardhat. On some days, he adds a camouflage down-lined coat, the closest thing to Kevlar that he owns. It's a comedic image until he pulls out the 5/8-inch nut that fell on his car or the bits of rebar that hit his house.

"What's hitting will literally kill you," Montondo said. picked by kakana 5 months ago

Mars has vast glaciers hidden under aprons of rocky debris near mid-latitude mountains, a new study confirms, pointing to a new and large potential reservoir of life-supporting water on the planet. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Dayton researchers use huge gun to mimic what debris would do to shuttles and satellites picked by neilharvey 2 years ago