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.

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

Alizee Zimmermann and her husband were rinsing off their dive gear on a relatively muggy January evening when the sky exploded with a dozen shimmering fireballs. “We saw the trails as it started to ...

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

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 ...

Climate change could threaten the future use of satellites and significantly reduce the number of spacecraft that can safety ...

The current state of Earth's climate has no recorded precedent. The consequences of the sheer volume of anthropogenic ...