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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the ...

Growing concentrations of greenhouse gases are making the upper atmosphere thinner, decreasing its ability to pull space junk ... orbital traffic. "Our behavior with greenhouse gases here on Earth ...