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

We've deployed so many satellites into space over the last few decades that we now have a massive orbital junk problem. The ...

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

There are roughly 1.1 million debris fragments larger than 0.04 inches and about 40,500 fragments larger than 4 inches in orbit according to the ESA. NASA states that debris can reach speeds of 18,000 ...

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

That problem will only ... on impact with other debris. Eventually, the ESA hopes to solidify a concept called "orbital capacity," which dictates how full low Earth orbit, medium Earth orbit ...

A new report released April 1 by the European Space Agency sheds light on space pollution surrounding our planet — how bad ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has issued a warning about all of the space junk surrounding Earth and how it could cause ...

However, there is a growing problem right ... a long enough period, Earth’s orbit could be clogged by junk. The ESA states that the time to actively clean up our orbital ecosystem has come.