When you look up at the night sky, you might not notice the ever-growing field of debris surrounding Earth. However, over 7,500 active satellites are currently ... Continue Reading → ...

The scenario, in which space debris collides and creates more debris, is called Kessler Syndrome. Eventually, the proliferation could make Earth’s orbit too clogged for satellites to orbit ...

Fears about 'Kessler Syndrome' are growing as there are more than 130 million pieces of space junk orbiting Earth that could smash into satellites at any moment. Named after American ...

The increasing amount of debris has heightened fears about the "Kessler syndrome". Named after an American astrophysicist called Donald Kessler, it refers to a scenario in which a space junk ...

The scenario in which space debris collides and creates more debris is called Kessler Syndrome, named after the NASA scientist Donald Kessler.