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  "id": 19822553,
  "title": "Solving the space junk crisis isn't just about counting trash—it's about control and economics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/solving-the-space-junk-crisis-isnt-just-about-counting-trash-its",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-13T14:10:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-space-junk-crisis-isnt-trash.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "If people ever think about cleaning up space debris, they typically think of something equivalent to a giant garbage truck in the sky, collecting lost astronaut tools and dead satellites, then hauling them back down to Earth to be deposited in a landfill. But dealing with space debris doesn't work that way, and a new paper by Dr. Slava Turyshev of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, available as a…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Universe Today",
        "title": "Solving the Space Junk Crisis Isn't Just About Counting Trash—It’s About Control and Economics",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/solving-the-space-junk-crisis-isnt-just-about-counting-trash-its",
        "published": "2026-11-12T18:42:31.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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