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

There are roughly 1.1 million debris fragments larger than 0.04 inches and about 40,500 fragments larger than 4 inches in orbit according to the ESA. NASA states that debris can reach speeds of 18,000 ...

We've deployed so many satellites into space over the last few decades that we now have a massive orbital junk problem. The European Space Agency (ESA) noted in its Annual Space Environment Report ...

The problem of debris in Earth orbit is getting worse. According to the European Space Agency's (ESA) annual Space Environment Report, the amount of space debris is rising quickly. We're sending ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has issued a warning about all of the space junk surrounding Earth and how it could cause ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Earth’s space junk problem isn’t just growing—it’s accelerating. According to ...

Scientists say defunct satellites and spent rocket stages returning to Earth, from the thousands launched every year, can be ...

That problem will only ... on impact with other debris. Eventually, the ESA hopes to solidify a concept called "orbital capacity," which dictates how full low Earth orbit, medium Earth orbit ...

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 ...