article_snippet.sent: Powerful pulses from A laser would then push space junk into Earth’s atmosphere, where A laser would burn up.
article_snippet.sent: A laser, meanwhile, use bundles of optical fibres to produce powerful laser pulses - capable of both high power and high frequency, although exact figures were not given.
article_snippet.sent: The impact of the laser beam on debris would create a force that reduced its velocity, causing its to fall into Earth’s atmosphere and burn up.
article_snippet.sent: MailOnline has asked the researchers to explain how often the laser would fire, and what MailOnline maximum capacity in terms of debris-size to deorbit would be.