It's spring, when the urge to purge one's household junk becomes irresistible. But before you head to the garage to toss out your old computers, batteries and televisions, be sure to check out our ...

Sometimes, what goes up doesn’t come back down — instead, it becomes a problem. Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, millions of pieces orbit the Earth, from broken satellites to lost ...

There are about 22,000 large objects orbiting the Earth, including working and broken satellites and bits of old rocket from past space expeditions. If you include all the equipment dropped by ...