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

Space is home to over 130 million pieces of debris, and some could cause damage According to a report published by the European Space Agency, there are now around 130 million pieces of space debris ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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. 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 ...

PERSEI Space, a startup supported by the European Space Agency and UC3M, is developing a breakthrough solution to tackle ...

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