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

Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on. Most of us think of life as precious, and it’s certainly fragile. We live in a carefully balanced ecosystem that is rapidly changing, a change that began with the Industrial Revolution a couple centuries ago.

The European Space Agency's new documentary short tackles the question of whether space debris has reached crisis level.

More than 130 million pieces of space debris orbit Earth. Collisions with spacecraft risks disrupting critical navigation and environment-monitoring satellites. The ESA is calling for urgent action.

Satellite operator Viasat has joined the European Space Agency’s Moonlight project, which aims to develop a lunar orbiting navigation and communication system. Announced this week, Viasat has secured a contract with program lead Telespazio as the leading team behind the design and development of the network.

Viasat (VSAT) joined the European Space Agency’s Moonlight project, alongside program lead Telespazio. Moonlight is the European Space Agency’s

Viasat to lead the lunar orbiting satellite communications portion of ... The Moonlight communications system will act as a data highway on and around the Moon, and between Earth and the Moon. People, spacecraft, and lunar vehicles can access that data ...