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

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.

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...