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.

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

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.

Environmental activists often say that humans have left an indelible mark on the planet we occupy and evidence of our existence will remain long after we’re gone. However, there is a growing problem ...

Alizee Zimmermann and her husband were rinsing off their dive gear on a relatively muggy January evening when the sky ...

Of course, China isn’t the only nation lifting megaconstellations to orbit. Elon Musk and SpaceX have also faced criticism ...

Growing concentrations of greenhouse gases are making the upper atmosphere thinner, decreasing its ability to pull space junk out of orbit. As a result, far fewer satellites will be able to safely ...