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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Australian scientists leading the charge in creating ‘space plants’ which will fuel astronauts on their missions
Scientists based at the University of WA are growing food they say will survive and thrive in outer space. They’re one year ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with the sun's scorching surface
Launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun, Parker has since flown straight through its crownlike outer atmosphere, ...
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After Days of Silence, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Phones Home
“It’s really a historic milestone for space exploration.” The probe’s solar data collected ... Parker’s data will also help ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe safe after historic closest-ever approach to sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface.
What is ‘Kessler Syndrome’ — and why do some scientists think the space disaster scenario has already started?
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.