Despite its reputation, outer space is far from empty, and the region around our planet is particularly riddled with space ...

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

The orbit of the Earth is filling with more and more space junk, threatening operational satellites and the International ...

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

The accelerated accumulation of space debris has already raised the real possibility of a "collision cascading" effect called ...

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

Where does all that space junk go? And what does climate change have to do with it? The answers are on this episode of The ...

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

The European Space Agency's short documentary film "Space Debris: Is it a Crisis?" on the state of space debris premiered at ...

If waste disposal is a major environmental challenge across the world, rapid accumulation of junk in outer space is also a ...

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 ...

Multinational Research Project Shows How Life on Earth Can Be Measured from ... 2025 — There's a 26 per cent annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through ...