A decommissioned Russian satellite broke apart in low Earth orbit Wednesday, creating more than 100 pieces of debris and adding to the space junk already in orbit. RESURS-P1, which NASA said was a ...

Earth’s space junk may be wreaking havoc on the stratosphere. The rapid surge in satellite megaconstellations is connecting much of the world to broadband internet. But each year, hundreds of ...

After more than 60 years of satellite launches and space exploration, manufactured objects like derelict spacecraft and rocket fragments now litter Earth’s orbit as space junk. The waste has ...

Suffice it to say that Earth’s space junk problem is only going to get worse as Earth’s satellite problem does. And with the US Space Force planning missions to refuel satellites, we’re only ...

The space junk photographed by Astroscale’s satellite shows the upper stage of a rocket that’s been orbiting Earth for the last 15 years. Astroscale Orbital debris removal company Astroscale ...

threatened by skyrocketing amounts of space junk. Nearly 70 years have passed since the onset of the space age with the launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite. And in that time ...

Scientists argue for slowing down satellite launches until international space regulations catch up. Ever wondered how many satellites are circling Earth right now? As of May 2025, over 11,700 active ...

Earth has a growing space junk problem, with three sizable pieces of debris crashing onto our planet every day. To combat ...

Thousands of satellites with incredibly short lifetimes are being sent up into low Earth orbit. When they fall back down they ...

The number of satellites orbiting Earth is rising fast, thanks to private companies such as SpaceX. But just how big will ...