There are a lot of satellites, and a lot of trash, around our planet — and the quantities are only going to get higher.

Space debris grows rapidly, threatening satellites and future missions if cleanup efforts don't intensify now.

A new space environment report from the ESA shows that Earth's space junk problem got significantly worse throughout 2024.

Rising concentrations of greenhouse gases decrease the atmosphere's ability to devour space junk, a new study finds.

While life on Earth has been dramatic enough lately, there’s also been an unusual amount of news from space in the early ...

At any given moment, more than 10,000 satellites are whizzing around the planet at roughly 17,000 miles per hour. This constellation of machinery is the technological backbone of modern life ...

A new short film from the European Space Agency (ESA) has reignited debate about the escalating hazards posed by space debris ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Growing concentrations of greenhouse gases are making the upper atmosphere thinner, decreasing its ability to pull space junk out of orbit. As a result, far fewer satellites will be able to safely ...

Richard O. Ocaya is a physicist at the University of the Free State, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa. At 3 p.m. on 30 December last year, residents of Mukuku village in Makueni county, Kenya, were ...

A new study finds that climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in ...