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Sometimes science is amazing: A large piece of space trash in the form of a runaway communications satellite is changing Earth’s orbit and interfering with signals coming from other satellites, such as the ones that power your cable TV and cell phone.
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NASA has issued a rare alert, warning residents from South Florida to Australia that heavy chunks of a dying, 3 ? ton satellite could strike their areas on Thursday, January 31.

As many as 9 pieces of debris weighing up to 100 pounds each could survive as NASA?s Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer plunges through the atmosphere. The space junk could hit an area bordered by Orlando on the north and Brisbane, Australia, on the south. That includes all of South Florida, as well as Mexico City, Caracas, Venezuela and Bogot

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