That pace shows no sign of slowing down. 2025 is expected to see a record-breaking number of launches, as a new international ...

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

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

Scientists say defunct satellites and spent rocket stages returning to Earth, from the thousands launched every year, can be ...

We know it’s a problem, and many are working on solutions that could help the junk fall back to Earth. Now, though, a controversial new paper warns that falling space junk could actually weaken ...

Scientists urge tech solutions to curb falling satellites' impact—causing storms, crop risks, ozone damage, and higher ...

A new report released April 1 by the European Space Agency sheds light on space pollution surrounding our planet — how bad the problem is, and what we need to do to keep Earth orbits clean enough to ...

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

The quest to conquer Earth’s space junk problem These events ... concern is a potential collision between a falling piece of debris and commercial aircraft. At any given time, more than 10,000 ...

A new space environment report from the ESA shows that Earth's space junk problem got significantly worse throughout 2024.

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