Discover some of the results achieved over the last 40 years.
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RSSGalaxies are the basic building blocks of the Universe. Although new stars are continuously forming in our home galaxy, the Milky Way, most stars are found in giant elliptical galaxies. Such galaxies, which have an oval shape, stopped forming stars billions of years ago.
Our planet is surrounded by an ever-increasing cloud of obsolete satellites and other waste materials. To continue using space technologies, scientists developed cost-effective ways of cleaning up space.