Could space debris kill you? Alert from scientists…

New Delhi: Imagine sitting in your patio in the evening enjoying hot tea and bhajis. Just then, a piece of debris from an old rocket landed on your roof. There was a lot of damage to the house. But, is such an event possible? Could space debris harm people in the future?

Can you imagine that every minute space debris is falling on Earth? But, it is so subtle that it is not even visible to the naked eye. About 40,000 tons of dust falls on Earth every year from space. There have been many incidents of buildings collapsing due to space debris. However, till date there is no news of anyone dying due to space debris falling on earth. But whether it can happen is a big question.

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According to scientists, the amount of man-made debris in space is increasing. The reason behind this happening is that many new rockets have been sent into space in the last few years. The number of satellites in space has increased significantly in the last 30 years. These satellites are falling to earth after becoming useless.

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A new study has been published in the journal Nature Astronomy. That said, rockets, their parts, and old satellites (junk) coming from space will increase and in the future, space debris will become common on Earth, which may even kill someone.

The study also revealed that Jakarta, Dhaka, Lagos, New York, Beijing and Moscow are at the highest risk of such incidents. In the next ten years, 10 percent of people will be killed by rockets falling from space. This is not the case now, but it may happen in the next ten years.

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