Space launches are changing the chemistry of Earth's atmosphere, studies warn. Here's what can be done

Look up on a clear night and you'll see the streaks of our new space age. What you don't see is the growing fallout for the atmosphere that keeps us alive.

Time-Lapse Of Artemis 1 Spacecraft Re-Entering Earth Atmosphere

See how Orion spacecraft from NASA's Artemis 1 mission enters Earth's atmosphere after its successful mission around the moon. Footage shows 25 minutes of re-entry and parachute footage time-lapsed to ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 Streaked Across the Sky—and Left 30 Kilograms of Destructive Lithium in Its Wake

On February 20, 2025, the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaked across Europe, and scientists in Germany tracked ...

A new space race could turn our atmosphere into a ‘crematorium for satellites’

Space may feel separate from the environmental systems that sustain life on Earth. But increasingly, the way we build, launch ...

Bright light seen in B.C.'s night sky was a 'fireball' meteor, NASA confirms

Residents around B.C. reported hearing a loud boom and seeing a bright flash of light in the sky Tuesday evening. Experts say it was it was a meteor entering earth's atmosphere.

Researchers find traces of space travel in earth's atmosphere

Researchers have detected measurable traces left in the upper atmosphere when a rocket stage burns up, finding about ten times more lithium atoms than normal at around 96 kilometres, roughly 20 hours ...