Space junk returning to Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a ...

Researchers have found measurable traces of lithium pollution left in the upper atmosphere when a rocket burned out in space, ...

Circling the Earth are millions of pieces of debris about one-ninth of an inch and larger.

Frequent deployment of satellites and re-entries by the rockets that deploy them might pose a risk to the Earth's upper ...

Direct evidence has emerged that debris from SpaceX's flagship Falcon 9 launch vehicle caused pollution over Europe when it ...

The recent study focuses on the amount of lithium left behind from a single rocket reentry. Previous studies have already ...

More than 120 seismometers detected sonic booms from space debris and enabled its fall to be tracked with unprecedented ...

For the first time ever, scientists have observed in near real time a cloud of air pollution created as a SpaceX rocket burned up in Earth's atmosphere.

A recent study has confirmed that SpaceX rockets reentering Earth's atmosphere are contributing to metal pollution, as ...

Proof-of-principle experiment resolved the shock waves produced by the Shenzhou-15 module when it re-entered the atmosphere ...