‘Space junk’ is clogging the atmosphere—and it’s going to make weather forecasts and internet access much worse
A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pileup—causing ripple effects across everything from ...
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How climate change could make Earth's space junk problem even worse
Rising concentrations of greenhouse gases decrease the atmosphere's ability to devour space junk, a new study finds.
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‘Space junk:' What were the objects streaking across the night sky in Chicago suburbs?
Instead, it was likely “space junk,” or “space debris.” “There’s over 5,000 tons of space junk orbiting the atmosphere,” Roman explained. “Sometimes you get this atmospheric drag ...
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Climate change is wreaking havoc on Earth. Soon it will mess up its orbit
It is poised to exacerbate the growing problem of space debris, potentially shrinking the usable space for satellite in low Earth orbit, according to a new MIT study. Researchers have calculated ...