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space junk

space junk noun: space debris.

Noun

space junk (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Space debris.
    • But because the January 2025 lunar lander mission required more thrust than missions closer to Earth, the rocket’s second stage remained in space, floating aimlessly among thousands of other pieces of space junk that active satellites must steer clear of.2026 August 5, Oliver Holmes, “SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about space junk

What does space junk mean?
Space junk means space debris.
What part of speech is space junk?
Space junk is a noun.

Words near space junk in the dictionary

  1. space hoppers
  2. space ice cream
  3. space invader
  4. space invaders
  5. space jellyfish
  6. space junk
  7. Space Karen
  8. space lattice
  9. space lattices
  10. Space Launch System
  11. Space Launcher System

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