Artist's depiction of what a concentrated cloud of space debris might look like. (Credit: NASA) According to the European Space Agency (ESA), more than 170 million pieces of space junk are ...

We're getting more eyes (satellites) on the sky, but we're also creating an increasing amount of space junk that has scientists on edge. Space junk is anything that humanity has put into low Earth ...

A space physics expert has raised alarms about the danger posed by space junk orbiting Earth at speeds of 18,000mph, cautioning that debris re-entering the atmosphere could cause significant ...