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All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the problem with space junk. New research, published in Nature Sustainability on ...

Collisions are a growing risk as space gets more crowded, and greenhouse gas emissions could make things worse. Greenhouse ...

Space debris is a growing problem, both in Earth's orbit and down on the ground. One startup has brought us a step closer to ...

A new MIT study looks at how greenhouse gases are affecting our ability to operate satellites. Here's why the results are ...

Climate change isn’t just affecting Earth, it’s reshaping space as well. A new MIT study reveals that rising greenhouse gas ...

His theory is that once space debris reaches a critical mass, collisions will trigger a chain reaction generating even more ...

Floridians across the coast witnessed flaming space debris falling from the sky on Thursday. There have been similar ...

Dozens of people have reported what is believed to be burning space junk moving across southern Australian skies on Saturday night.

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 ...

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