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

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.

The ESA hopes we'll someday treat Earth's orbit as an international nature preserve: 'What you bring in with you, you must ...

The threat of an asteroid hitting Earth is always there, but the danger of falling space junk is growing into a crisis.

It is poised to exacerbate the growing problem of space debris, potentially shrinking the usable space for satellite in low Earth orbit ... could diminish available orbital space by anywhere ...

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

The problem is that atmospheric density is the only thing that naturally pulls space junk out of orbit. Earth’s atmosphere doesn’t suddenly give way to the vacuum of space but gets ...

Environmental activists often say that humans have left an indelible mark on the planet we occupy and evidence of our existence will remain long after we’re gone. However, there is a growing problem ...

The quest to conquer Earth’s space junk problem These events are not isolated ... is the most congested orbital zone. It is home to imaging satellites, weather and communications constellations ...

The approximately eight-minute-long film "Space Debris: Is it a Crisis?" attempts to answer its conjecture with supportive statistics and orbital projections ... things in Earth orbit tend ...