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

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 ...

We've deployed so many satellites into space over the last few decades that we now have a massive orbital junk problem. The European Space Agency (ESA) noted in its Annual Space Environment Report ...

The threat of an asteroid hitting Earth is always there, but the danger of falling space junk is growing into a crisis.

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

The problem of debris in Earth orbit is getting worse. According to the European Space Agency's (ESA) annual Space ...

Space junk is not simply an issue for those of us wandering around on the Earth’s surface, either: it also poses increasing risks to objects in Earth’s orbit. While a collision in Outer Space may not ...

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.