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NASA visualization of tracked debris objects cluttering low Earth orbit around the planet.

The CRASH Clock, Explained: How Close Satellites Really Are to Disaster

A new metric called the CRASH Clock measures how many days it would take for a first satellite collision in low Earth orbit if all maneuvering stopped, and its authors just revised the number sharply downward.

Science  · 23 Jul 2026, 14:13  · Daniel Okafor