We've deployed so many satellites into space over the last few decades that we now have a massive orbital junk problem. The ...

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.

At least three old satellites or rocket bodies fall to Earth every day, a new report reveals. Some experts think it's a ...

"Our behavior with greenhouse gases here on Earth over the past 100 years is having an effect on how we operate satellites over the next 100 years." ...

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 ...

The problem of debris in Earth orbit is getting worse. According to the European Space Agency's (ESA) annual Space ...

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

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

has announced that it has successfully approached a piece of orbital debris traveling ... 2028 to capture a piece of debris with a robotic arm and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere to burn it ...