‘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 ...
The Sky Is Falling – And It’s Leaving Space Junk Stuck in Orbit
Greenhouse gases are doing more than warming our planet — they're reshaping space itself. As emissions cool and shrink the ...
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How climate change could make Earth's space junk problem even worse
"Our behavior with greenhouse gases here on Earth over the past 100 years is having an effect on how we operate satellites over the next 100 years." ...
The long path home for NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...
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Climate change is wreaking havoc on Earth. Soon it will mess up its orbit
But a 2009 crash of two satellites created thousands of pieces of space junk. And Nasa measurements are showing the reduction of drag, so scientists now realise that that “the climate change ...
Laws governing space are 50 years old. New ones are needed to prevent it becoming a 'wild west'
In the first few months of 2025, there's been a flurry of private venture space missions. Some have been successful, such as ...
SpaceX Starship breaks apart after launch in second failure in a row
SpaceX made multiple changes in the wake of a January Starship failure, only to suffer a second straight vehicle breakup ...
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NASA begins mass firings of scientists ahead of Trump team’s deadline
NASA has abruptly closed its chief-scientist office, along with 2 other offices, firing 23 employees. The 10 March action ...
What’s behind the recent string of failures and delays at SpaceX?
So far, the consequences of these failures have not been lethal. But space remains a difficult, hazardous game. Reentering ...
Astronauts watch SpaceX's Starship explode in space during flight test
Astronauts orbiting 250 miles above Earth got a front-row seat to destruction on Thursday. During a SpaceX flight test of ...
'Welcome home!': NASA astronauts who spent 9 months in orbit finally back on Earth
After nine months in space, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have splash-landed off the coast of Florida.