Space junk returning to Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a new study has found. Published today in the journal Communications Earth & ...

ESA's Samba and Tango closed out the 26-year Cluster mission with two targeted reentries a day apart, giving airborne ...

Space junk falling out of orbit and crashing toward Earth is a growing threat. Indeed, old satellites and spacecraft parts reenter our planet’s atmosphere more than three times a day. When these ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket burned up during an uncontrolled re-entry and left behind a detectable plume of chemical pollution in the upper atmosphere, adding fresh evidence to a growing body of research ...

A new study of Earth's upper atmosphere has discovered spikes in lithium ion levels following the return of a Falcon 9 rocket upper stage, which broke up on reentry. With SpaceX planning to rapidly ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new system to test magnetohydrodynamic aerobraking for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites on November 22, and a study published on Thursday suggests environmental ...