A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pileup—causing ripple effects across everything from ...

Rising concentrations of greenhouse gases decrease the atmosphere's ability to devour space junk, a new study finds.

As Earth's orbit becomes populated with more crafts and devices, researchers are looking for ways to detect and track ...

A new study warns that climate change, already posing significant challenges on Earth, could soon worsen the problem of debris in low Ear ...

All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the ...

Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 ...

A new study warns that the future could bring a sharp increase in space debris as satellites start to get stuck in Earth ... Increased emissions over the next century, the researchers found, will ...

Space debris poses a growing threat to Earth, highlighting the urgent need for stronger regulations and accountability in space governance.

MIT aerospace engineers have found that greenhouse gas emissions are changing the environment of near-Earth space in ways that, over time, will reduce the number of satellites that can sustainably ...

But this week’s two space debris-related events in the Bahamas and Europe point to how successful rocket launches can also leave their mark on Earth. They also highlight how the rise in the ...