NASA Just Shot Rockets At The Northern Lights. This Is What Happened
Sounding rockets launched from the Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks, Alaska, lit up the night sky for miles ...
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Earth’s atmosphere is shrinking and thinning, which is bad news for Starlink and other LEO Sats
Among the molecules found in the Thermosphere is Carbon Dioxide (CO2) which conducts heat that from lower down in the atmosphere then radiates it outwards. “Thus, increasing concentrations of ...
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 ...
Scientists Highlight Surprising New Threat to Satellites: Climate Change
By the year 2100, some parts of Earth orbit may have upwards of 66% less carrying capacity for satellites, according to a new ...
Climate Change Is Shrinking Space for Satellites to Orbit
Climate change isn’t just affecting Earth, it’s reshaping space as well. A new MIT study reveals that rising greenhouse gas ...
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Sky fall: MIT study predicts satellite traffic jams, collisions due to climate change
Most satellites orbit in the thermosphere, a layer of Earth’s upper atmosphere. Naturally, this layer expands and contracts with the sun’s activity. But this new study reveals a more concerning trend.
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NASA Is Firing Rockets Into the Northern Lights
In a mission designed to challenge longstanding theories about the upper atmosphere, NASA is preparing to launch three ...
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Earth’s Atmosphere Is Shrinking, Increasing Space Debris Risks
Currently more than 8,000 satellites are orbiting at altitudes of between 300 and 1000 km in the Earth’s upper atmosphere – also called the thermosphere. While changes in space weather, such as ...
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Climate Change Might Increase Satellite Collisions, Limiting How Many Can Safely Orbit Earth, Study Finds
Greenhouse gas emissions could reduce drag in the upper atmosphere, leaving more space debris in orbit and making satellites ...
How global warming could threaten satellites, according to new study
Climate change could threaten the future use of satellites and significantly reduce the number of spacecraft that can safety orbit Earth, according to new research.
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Climate change will reduce the number of satellites that can safely orbit in space
Aerospace engineers found that greenhouse gas emissions are changing the environment of near-Earth space in ways that, over time, will reduce the number of satellites that can safely operate there.