Currently, around 11,900 satellites are orbiting Earth, providing essential services such as internet connection, ...

By the end of the century, a shrinking atmosphere could create a minefield for satellites, like those deployed by SpaceX's ...

In 2025, around 120 SpaceX Starlink satellites re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and burnt up upon descent. These artificial ...

A new study finds that climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in ...

The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track ...

Low Earth Orbit satellites that re-enter the atmosphere could cost us dearly. Here’s how Starlink and other satellites slowly damage the ozone layer.

The continued release of greenhouse gases into Earth's atmosphere could increase the longevity of space junk in low Earth orbit, a new paper reveals.

When satellites vaporise, they seed the stratosphere (the region of the atmosphere between 10km and 50km above Earth’s ...

This domino effect, commonly known as Kessler syndrome, could fill the orbit around Earth with so much destructive clutter that launching or operating satellites becomes impossible. It’s the ...

Climate Change, Already Causing Problems on Earth, Could Soon Create a Mess for Orbiting Satellites Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a ...

Part of the greenhouse effect that warms the air near Earth’s surface also cools the upper parts of the atmosphere where space starts and satellites zip around in low orbit. The cooling also ...