Learn about the precarious state of satellites orbiting Earth, as greenhouse gas pollution puts them in danger of colliding ...

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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 ...

Climate change is altering conditions in near-Earth space, which could limit the number of satellites that can reliably ...

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

Climate change isn’t just affecting Earth, it’s reshaping space as well. A new MIT study reveals that rising greenhouse gas ...

Collisions are a growing risk as space gets more crowded, and greenhouse gas emissions could make things worse. Greenhouse ...

There is a 26 percent chance every year that an out-of-control rocket will fall through busy airspace, researchers calculate.

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.

The question of accountability looms largest: when debris crashes to the earth, who is responsible and how can they be held accountable? Despite being a critical issue in space governance ...

Here's How The problem is that atmospheric density is the only thing that naturally pulls space junk out of orbit. Earth’s atmosphere doesn’t suddenly give way to the vacuum of space but gets ...