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 ...

The prospect of a catastrophic chain reaction in Earth's orbit, known as Kessler Syndrome, is increasingly alarming scientists and space industry experts. This phenomenon could render critical ...

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 ...

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 ...

Much of what we want from our iPhones depends on satellites. That’s made the sky above our heads fuller than ever before. In fact, it’s worryingly crowded. The recent proliferation of satellites for ...

The Kessler Syndrome is a phenomenon in which the amount of junk in orbit around Earth reaches a point where it just creates more and more space debris, causing big problems for satellites, astronauts ...

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