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Curiosity Weekly

The Scramble to Solve Space Scrap

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6935 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Looking up at the dark sky on a clear night means seeing the lit up little satellites move their way around the night sky. Those satellites might be pretty to look at but researchers are currently working to solve a decades-old problem: what happens when they encounter space junk? Today, producer Teresa Carey speaks with Dr. John Crassidis from the University of Buffalo about this issue and what options aerospace engineers have to solve it. Then, host Dr. Samantha Yammine digs into a recent paper that explores the physics behind the perfect cup of coffee and the recent sighting of the elusive colossal squid.  

 

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0:00.0

So here's the challenge you probably don't think about much, unless you're an astronaut.

0:06.8

Space junk.

0:08.2

We're talking defunct satellites, rocket parts, and a whole lot of metal zipping around Earth at 17,000 miles per hour.

0:18.1

Senior producer Teresa Kerry will talk with engineer John Chrysittus about how we track

0:23.4

this growing cloud of debris and what it's going to take to clean it up before it turns space

0:28.8

into an orbital scrapyard. Stick around for that. It's part space science, part cosmic

0:34.1

genitorial service, and all around fascinating. But before that, I'm shifting gears, because, look, sometimes the only thing more complex than rocket science is making a really good pour over coffee.

0:47.3

I can't wait to tell you about the physics behind the perfect cup.

0:50.3

And spoiler alert, yes, the poor matters. Then we've got to chat about a colossal squid

0:57.6

sighting near sub-Antarctic islands located in the southern ocean. It's rare, it's wild, and it might

1:04.5

make you rethink what's lurking in the deep. So grab a mug, settle in, and before you do,

1:10.3

I've got a challenge, and you might even

1:11.7

get some Warner Brothers merch for it. Starting in June, we're going to start featuring listener

1:16.2

questions on the show. What have you been seeing that needs to be unpacked ASAP? Who do we

1:21.5

need to talk to later this summer? To be considered, all you got to do is subscribe on Apple

1:26.7

podcasts and leave us a review with your question.

1:30.1

If you want to be extra cutesy, share the podcast, and follow me on Instagram at science. sam.

1:35.4

That is it. Send those questions in by Memorial Day.

1:39.8

And speaking of Science, Sam, that's me, I'm Dr. Samantha Amin, and this is Curiosity Weekly from Discovery.

1:52.6

Picture this. You walk into any amazing coffee shop, and you're hit with that scent of fresh grounds, people on their laptops, milk hissing and drowning out

2:01.7

the music. You hear the baristas banging out use espresso pucks behind the counter, and then,

2:07.4

when it's your time to order, have you noticed the way they make your pour over coffee? The lore on

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