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From Earth to the edge of space: Entire atmosphere dataset could benefit climate models and space weather prediction
Ranging from September 2004 to December 2023, it spans multiple levels of the atmosphere from ground level up to the lower edge of space, about 110 kilometers above Earth's surface. The region ...
NASA Reveals 5 Million Images of Gravity Waves Rippling Through Earth’s Sky
NASA’s AWE mission just released millions of gravity wave images from space, unveiling atmospheric forces that ripple through ...
‘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 pile up—causing ripple effects across everything from ...
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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 ...
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US Space Force Publishes Photo of Earth Taken By X-37B Space Plane
when it explained that aerobraking would allow the space plane to use the drag of Earth's atmosphere to adjust its orbit while using minimal fuel. Now that the maneuvers have been successfully ...
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Earth’s Atmosphere Is Shrinking, Increasing Space Debris Risks
A coordinated approach to greenhouse gas reduction is needed to prevent long-term impacts on space sustainability. Currently more than 8,000 satellites are orbiting at altitudes of between 300 and ...
'Mars and Earth are even more different than we thought': Condensing 20 years of atmospheric wave observations
For the first time on a global scale, 20 years of observations on Mars have been condensed into a single study led by ...
Thousands of satellites are due to burn up in the atmosphere every year – damaging the ozone layer and changing the climate
Operators follow a 25-year rule: at this point, a satellite’s mission is deemed to have ended and it is lowered into the atmosphere where gravity and friction kicks in. While this helps clear space, ...
Webb telescope directly observes exoplanet CO₂ for first time
The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar ...
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The Space Force shares a photo of Earth taken by the X-37B space plane
The Space Force says it snapped the photo during ... this would involve “a series of passes using the drag of Earth’s atmosphere,” and that once complete, it would resume its other ...