In 1957, Sputnik was launched into orbit as the world’s first artificial satellite.

Today, 64 years later, there are more than 1,000,000 objects larger than 1 centimeter floating around the Earth.

Almost all of those objects in orbit were not put there intentionally.

Learn more about space junk, the problem, and possible solutions, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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