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

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 ...

Nasa is offering a $3 million reward for a solution to manage the human waste left behind on the moon over 50 years ago. The ...

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

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

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

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

The European Space Agency's short documentary film "Space Debris: Is it a Crisis?" on the state of space debris premiered at ...

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

While life on Earth has been dramatic enough lately, there’s also been an unusual amount of news from space in the early ...

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

The problem posed by human-made junk in space worsened significantly in 2024, according to a new report by the European Space ...