The concept known as “Kessler Syndrome” was proposed nearly five decades ago. Experts weigh in on whether the space-based disaster scenario is already unfolding.

What is the Kessler Syndrome? How space junk has become an orbital threat Defunct satellites and other detritus often remain in orbit above Earth, creating a growing space junkyard that poses a ...

Kessler syndrome tipping point: How bad are things now? Earth orbit is getting more and more crowded as the years go by. Humanity has launched about 12,170 satellites since the dawn of the space ...

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 ...

Kessler syndrome is a hypothetical scenario proposed by NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler in 1978, predicting what might happen when the density of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO)—roughly 100 ...

Disturbingly, we may already be in the early stages of this process, known as Kessler Syndrome. In 2015, the now-defunct foresight publication MISC Magazine reached out to me for its crisis issue.

Kessler Syndrome is a scenario in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit is high enough that collisions between objects could cause a cascading effect that ultimately traps humanity ...

The Kessler Syndrome is a condition where so much man-made debris piles up in low-Earth orbit that nothing can occupy this orbit without getting damaged or destroyed by the debris, ...

NASA and cooperating agencies are building a DebriSat, which will be demolished by a hunk of aluminum traveling at over 4 miles/second (6.4 km/s), to modernize orbital collision models.

Kessler syndrome, proposed by NASA scientists Donald J. Kessler and Burton G. Cour-Palais in 1978, describes a potential cascade of collisions in low Earth orbit (LEO) that could render space ...

The concept known as “Kessler Syndrome” was proposed nearly five decades ago. Experts weigh in on whether the space-based disaster scenario is already unfolding.