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 ...

Low Earth orbit is starting to look less like pristine wilderness and more like a crowded shipping lane, with thousands of ...

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 ...

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 European Space Agency and ClearSpace of Switzerland are targeting 2026 for a debris removal mission, in which a long-discarded payload adapter will be ...

And like a holiday blockbuster – people have something new to worry about – but marijuana could come to the rescue. Blockbuster disaster movies always have something destroying major cities. Now ...

Space objects in orbit total more than 13,000 tons as of September 2024 International Space Station performed 39 debris avoidance maneuvers since 1999 European Space Agency aims to nearly eliminate ...

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 ...

As the number of satellites in Earth orbit increases, so too does the risk from space debris — and some experts warn certain orbits could already be getting dangerously crowded. The mass of debris in ...

"Left for dead" orbiting space objects, Russia's decommissioned 80s satellite and China's rocket booster, are now on a collision course that will pollute the Earth's proximity up in the celestial ...

Discover how space debris tracking technology, automated satellite collision avoidance systems, and active debris removal missions prevent Kessler syndrome and protect orbiting spacecraft.