A powerful solar storm could scramble communications, leading to a destructive scenario for satellites, known as Kessler ...

"A single collision could have catastrophic long-term consequences," the authors explain, and we would not have long to avoid ...

Kessler Syndrome is a scenario in which a cascade of orbital collisions could render low orbit a wasteland of dangerous debris. Will it happen to us, and what can we do if it does? China claps back ...

A US Air Force weather satellite broke up in space last month, shattering into 50 pieces and joining the estimated 130 million bits of "space junk" in the Earth's orbit. The increasing amount of ...

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There is more space junk in Earth's orbit now than ever before. And this growing problem is creating an increasingly hazardous environment for operational spacecraft and satellites. Space junk ...

Scientists warn that growing congestion in Earth’s orbit could trigger a catastrophic chain reaction, threatening satellites and other space-based technologies essential to daily life. This escalating ...

Spacefaring countries have for decades been sending thousands upon thousands of satellites and other objects into orbit, where they have become an integral component of modern society. From hundreds ...

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