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

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 ...

To prevent further accumulation of space debris, they strive to remove every low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite from its position within five years from its mission's end. As a result of these ...

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

There's something else that now appears on Google Earth. Zoom in over rural North Texas, and you'll find a satellite. It ...

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

The problem of debris in Earth orbit is getting worse. According to the European Space Agency's (ESA) annual Space Environment Report, the amount of space debris is rising quickly. We're sending ...

More than 130 million pieces of space debris are currently orbiting Earth. As space exploration increases, researchers warn that we need to clean up the debris before the situation worsens.