The macromolecular organization of photosynthetic complexes within the thylakoids of higher plant chloroplasts has been a topic of significant debate. Using in situ cryo-electron tomography, this ...

As global warming continues, the upper atmosphere will cool and become less dense, reducing the force which usually pulls space debris back to Earth and cluttering the orbit. MIT researchers ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Earth’s orbit is absolutely littered with space junk, and every new rocket we send ...

Only around 1,950 of these satellites remain operational while the rest have become space debris. These now-defunct satellites are joined by thousands of bits of debris, which are collectively ...

They, however, faced delays, space debris threats, helium leaks and technical glitches on the Starliner spacecraft on which they travelled. Ms Williams is likely to be back on Earth in the next ...

The ongoing surge of greenhouse gas emissions in the near-Earth environment could cause dramatic declines in the number of satellites orbiting the planet by the end of the century, a new study has ...

About 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Orlando International Airport officials announced they were under a Federal Aviation Administration "ground stop" because of space launch debris. Normal operations at MCO ...

But as the atmosphere becomes less dense, it reduces drag on space debris, allowing it to linger in orbit for longer — and extending the lifespan it has to crash into other objects. Collisions ...

Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. Part of the greenhouse effect that warms the ...

Vital services including internet access, weather forecasts and navigation could be put at risk by increasing greenhouse gas emissions, as well as growing space debris, a report has found.

Space junk is a "persistent hazard," scientists say. Climate change could threaten the future use of satellites and significantly reduce the number of spacecraft that can safety orbit Earth ...

Here's How The problem is that atmospheric density is the only thing that naturally pulls space junk out of orbit. Earth’s atmosphere doesn’t suddenly give way to the vacuum of space but gets ...