A couple thousand satellites are orbiting Earth right now. Under the right conditions, your naked eye can spot these human-made objects in the night sky.
An artist’s impression of Tiangong-1 in orbit.
Aerospace Corporation
China's space station Tiangong-1 is about to crash back to Earth any day now. It's out of control too so no one really knows where it will land. So what if it hits you or your house?
China’s Tiangong-1 space station is due to hit Earth, and Australia is in the crash landing zone.
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China's Tiangong-1 space station is hurtling around Earth out of control and about to come crashing down. It's just one of thousands of pieces of space junk left orbiting our planet.
Workers wave flags as the rocket carrying the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft being moved to the launch pad.
EPA