Currently on display in the Burlington House courtyard (outside the Royal Academy in Piccadilly) is this striking set of large photographic prints highlighting the grave and deepening issue of space debris.
Created and led by photographer Max Alexander and supported by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), the exhibition highlights the growing concern about the huge build up of of space debris.
The exhibition website says:
The display will exhibit the growing threat space debris poses to our environment and way of life – concerns shared by the RAS, particularly in the wake of plans by SpaceX, Reflect Orbital and China to launch a combined 1.25 million satellites into an already crowded and increasingly perilous low-Earth orbit.
RAS President Professor Mike Lockwood said:
Max Alexander’s brilliant exhibition is a powerful and timely reminder of the growing threat of space junk.
Thought-provoking and instructive in equal measure, the images add weight to an urgent question in need of a global answer – how do we tackle a problem that could have devastating consequences not just for astronomy, but for us all?
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‘Our Fragile Space’ by Max Alexander and the Royal Astronomical Society
Burlington House courtyard, Piccadilly, London W1
19 March – 10 May 2026 – free entry
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