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Millions of high-speed debris fragments are orbiting Earth, threatening a catastrophic failure of the satellite networks that power our modern world, from GPS to the internet.
A new composite material called Space Armor can protect spacecraft from orbital debris without blocking communication signals or creating more space junk.
A new report identifies the 50 most dangerous pieces of space junk, showing that removing them would cut the risk of future collisions in half.
Experts warn that key orbital altitudes around Earth are now so congested with debris that a chain reaction of collisions, known as the Kessler syndrome, is becoming a real possibility.
