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 ...

Space junk returning to the Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, ...

The study highlights how letting rocket debris burn up in the atmosphere is not a consequence-free approach to orbital cleanup.

For the first time ever, scientists have observed in near real time a cloud of air pollution created as a SpaceX rocket ...

Though scientists have long understood how lightning strikes, the precise atmospheric events that trigger it within thunderclouds have remained a perplexing mystery. The mystery may now be solved, ...

A plume of upper-atmospheric lithium pollution observed in February 2025 has been attributed to the reentry of a specific ...

In the AI era, pure data-driven meteorological and climate models are gradually catching up with, and even surpassing, traditional numerical models. However, significant challenges persist in current ...

FAYETTEVILLE, GA, UNITED STATES, January 29, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Accurate atmospheric temperature profiles are ...

Atmospheric science is the study of the structure and dynamics of Earth’s atmosphere, as well as the atmospheres of other planets and their moons. This field of study examines the physics and ...