In 1978, NASA researcher Donald Kessler and his colleagues published a paper titled “Collision frequency of artificial satellites: The creation of a debris belt.” The paper laid down a grim warning: a ...
James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
Thousands of satellites and rockets have been sent to space ever since humans started exploring this vast and fascinating ...
Danger surrounds our planet. Asteroids return on collision courses, space debris could trap us on Earth forever, and the Kessler Syndrome threatens to end the space age. The existential threats most ...
The CRASH Clock is a new metric for measuring the risks of satellite congestion in low-Earth orbit. Its calculations are disturbing. Reading time 2 minutes Last week, a Chinese spacecraft passed ...
A solar storm could collapse Earth's satellite system. A new scientific study has raised serious concerns about the vulnerability of satellites in low earth orbit (LEO), warning that a powerful solar ...
Two satellites, one Starlink and one Chinese, nearly collided this month as low Earth orbit fills up. The two came within some 650 feet of each other. There are at least 24,000 objects, including ...
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