In 2009, an active Iridium satellite and a dead Russian satellite crashed into each other, spawning 5,000 bits of space junk, which are all still floating around up there.

There’s now so much space debris that it could keep proliferating even if we never launched another object. With the potential to destroy satellites, crippling everything from banks to navigation systems, space junk can create huge disruptions in our daily lives.

But an Australian company has created a one-of-a-kind solution to help prevent these sorts of collisions.

As Australia continues to be a global leader across several key knowledge sectors, here’s another story of how Australian innovation is bettering the world.