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.

attempts to answer its conjecture with supportive statistics and orbital projections ... that the kind of Earth orbit matters when discussing whether we're in a space junk "crisis" — though ...

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 ...

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 ...

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