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How do you clean up space junk?

A team at Surrey University plans to use harpoons and nets to collect satellite debris

The remains of a Chinese space laboratory have crashed into the South Pacific after it broke up on re-entry to the earth's atmosphere. But back up in space there are thousands of pieces of space junk. A team at Surrey University plans to use harpoons and nets to collect the debris - some of which is as big as a London bus. (Image: Satellites around Earth; Credit: EPA)

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