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Hi, over there. He Monday, August 1st, and you’re reading The Loop, today’s news summary. One thing to know: Australian house prices are falling, and fast A new report from analytics firm CoreLogic has found that house prices in Australia are down at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis in 2008 and market conditions are “likely to worsen” as interest rates continue to rise. Data showed the country’s median property value fell 2 percent since early May to $747,182 (including homes and apartments). But the numbers vary depending on the location, so here’s a breakdown of what’s happening in the big cities: Property prices in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart fell sharply in July. ( Core Logic ) Economists expect Australian house prices to fall between 12 and 20 percent after recently hitting record highs. Today we heard a lot about China’s influence in the Solomon Islands Big investigation by Four Corners has revealed details of...

The chances of someone being killed by space junk falling from the sky might seem very slim. After all, no one has died from such accidents yet, although there have been cases of injuries and property damage. But given that we are launching more and more satellites, rockets and probes into space, do we need to start taking more serious risks? Frame Stock Footage/Shutterstock A new study, published in Nature Astronomy, has predicted the possible causality of the falling rocket parts over the next ten years. ADVERTISEMENT CONTINUE READING BELOW Every minute of every day, debris rains down on us from space – a danger we are almost completely unaware of. Microscopic particles from asteroids and comets scatter downward through the atmosphere to settle on Earth’s surface – adding up to about 40,000 tons of dust each year. While this is not a problem for us, such debris can damage spacecraft – as recently reported by the James Webb space telescope. Occasionally, larger samples ...

Chinese space scientists are using an enormous space sail to reduce the orbit of the newly launched Long March 2 rocket, China’s state-owned Global Times reported on July 6. This is the first experiment ever carried out on a rocket. Russia ‘Smokescreens’ $3.7B Kerch Bridge As US Says Ukraine Could Attack Europe’s Longest Bridge This deorbiting screen developed by Institute 805 of the Shanghai Academy of Spacecraft Technology (SAST) allows a malfunctioning or ‘dead’ spacecraft to leave orbit faster to contain the spread of space debris. It was mounted on the payload capsule of the Long March-2D Y64 carrier rocket that was launched into space on June 23 and put into orbit on June 26, according to SAST. The sails are kite-like sheets that stretch up to 25 square meters and are one-tenth the diameter of a hair, according to developer SAST. Once opened, the sail increases the drag acting on the spacecraft, which is why it is also called a ‘drag...

In space nothing can keep it clean, with the total mass of all objects in orbit said to be equivalent to about 9,900 tons. To combat this, Chinese scientists have developed large sails, which they say can be used to change the orbits of dead rockets and satellites so that they burn up in Earth’s atmosphere and don’t become space junk. The 269 sq ft (25 sq m) ‘de-orbiting sail’ works by slowly slowing its malfunctioning payload until it is moved out of orbit. The debris would then burn up in Earth’s atmosphere within a few years – a process that could take more than a hundred years. The display has been developed and successfully tested by Institute 805 of the Shanghai Academy of Spacecraft Technology (SAST) in China, according to the English-language China Global Times newspaper. The news comes after the British Government announced last month that it wanted to start tackling the millions of debris in Earth orbit. This includes organizing commercial satelli...