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 ...

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

Right after launching, a bunch of satellites heading to join the megaconstellation looks like a string of moving stars going up in the sky. Within a week or so, they reach a higher elevation and are ...

The Earth is under attack – from space junk. Tons of pieces old satellites and rockets are falling out of orbit sparking ...

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

More than 130 million pieces of space debris orbit Earth. If just one piece collides with a spacecraft, it can disrupt ...

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

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

Every year, one satellite is destroyed by a space junk collision. With more than 130 million pieces of debris now trapped in ...

As it flew up toward the International Space Station last summer, the Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters. A NASA ...

For all his faults, Elon Musk sure knows how to keep things interesting. Yesterday, skies around the world lit up with what ...

A case in point: a European Space Agency satellite, known as ERS-2, launched in 1995 and inactive since 2011, tumbled through ...