SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida this afternoon (March 18). A ...

Galactic Energy, a private rocket maker in Beijing, conducted a launch of its Ceres 1 rocket on Friday evening, deploying six ...

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Wednesday night (March 12). A Falcon 9 rocket ...

A spacecraft has successfully closed in on a massive chunk of metal zipping around Earth, capturing images of it—a big leap ...

The team carried out simulations of how carbon emissions affect the upper atmosphere and orbital dynamics, in order to estimate the "satellite carrying capacity" of low-Earth orbit. These ...

A new study finds that climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in ...

SpaceX and other companies plan to launch tens of thousands of satellites, which could mar astronomical observations and pollute the atmosphere.

Greenhouse gas emissions could reduce drag in the upper atmosphere, leaving more space debris in orbit and making satellites ...

All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the ...

An atmospheric layer of special interest is the thermosphere, where the International Space Station and most satellites orbit today. When the thermosphere contracts, the decreasing density reduces ...

A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pileup—causing ripple effects across everything from ...

Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Rising greenhouse gas emissions could reduce the total number of satellites that can safely orbit Earth by up to 66% by the end of ...