Kessler Syndrome: How Our Own Satellites Could Trap Humans on Earth
Kessler syndrome could make space exploration and the use of satellites dangerous, or even unfeasible, for many generations.
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An Earth-Rocking Cosmic Explosion Turns 20
Twenty years ago today a magnetar’s epic tantrum made our planet ring like a bell from tens of thousands of light-years away ...
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The oldest rocks on Earth
The world's oldest rocks are spread across the globe and paint a picture of Earth's turbulent early history. Here are some of ...
Inside the world's first nuclear reactor that will power Earth using the same energy as the Sun
Euronews Next went behind the scenes at the world’s largest nuclear fusion device attempting to harness the same reaction ...
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Surprise arrival: A fragment of the Moon just circled Earth
Earth briefly hosted a 33-foot object, 2024 PT5, as a mini-moon. Scientists suggest it might be lunar debris from an ancient ...
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Climate change is the worst. Here's just how bad it got this year.
The big news in Earth science this year was all about climate change, with extreme weather, flooding and drought attributed ...
A Century of Human Detritus, Visualized
Humans — some eight billion people weighing 120 million tons — account for only about one one-thousandth of Earth’s current ...
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Kessler syndrome: How crowded satellite orbits could lead to a runaway space debris problem
As the number of satellites in Earth orbit increases, so too does the risk from space debris — and some experts warn certain ...
NASA warns! Two airplane-sized asteroids to pass close to Earth tomorrow – here’s what you need to know
NASA confirms no collision risk as asteroids 2024 YC1 and 2024 YQ2 approach Earth on December 28, 2024, at 639,000 miles ...
What is the Kessler Syndrome? How space junk has become an orbital threat
All of this adds up to the likelihood, the ESA warns, that a theoretical scenario known as the Kessler Syndrome could become ...
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Helldivers 2 devs considering adding propaganda radio for true Super Earth supporters
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With space junk clouding Earth’s orbit, are we barreling toward ‘Kessler Syndrome’?
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.