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.

More than 130 million pieces of space debris orbit Earth. Collisions with spacecraft risks disrupting critical navigation and ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. —NASA and SpaceX’s Crew-10 astronauts will arrive at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, March 7, to prepare for their flight to the International Space Station.

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About a fifth are inactive, simply orbiting as as space junk. Over the last couple of decades, hundreds of these dead satellites have collided to create millions of pieces of shrapnel. That ...

Pieces of space junk coming from past crashes and rocket parts are putting active satellites at risk. According to Orbiting Now, there are 11,905 satellites circling Earth with 7,356 in low orbit ...

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If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Earth’s orbit is absolutely littered with space junk, and every new rocket we send ...