How does Japan plan to clean up the junk flying around in space near Earth?

The junk left in space is potentially dangerous for astronauts and can damage satellites, which is why Japan’s space agency has partnered with a fishing equipment company to create a magnetic space net. The first test, scheduled for February, will examine how effective such a net could be at capturing the estimated 100 million man-made pieces of junk orbiting the earth. NASA estimates that at today’s numbers, a piece of junk larger than 1 cm in diameter hits a satellite every five or six years.