New findings indicate that the current "Design for Demise" protocol for satellites is creating a secondary environmental ...

This is all part of the plan: ‘Design for Demise’ is a standard concept for making satellites that break apart upon reentry, ...

Satellite reentry can release nitrogen oxides and alumina, impacting the ozone layer and stratosphere. Alternatives like Design for Non-Demise and controlled reentry aim to reduce environmental and ...

A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...

An ISS astronaut captured a rare lunar halo above the Indian Ocean, showing a thin glowing arc above Earth's blue edge.

An astronaut on the ISS photographed a "lunar halo" over the Indian Ocean, revealing ice and rare optical phenomena from ...

Private companies are jumping into the race to deploy particles to the atmosphere to reduce global warming, prompting ...

Space looks dark and cold from Earth, but sunlight beyond our atmosphere is harsh in ways most of us never experience.

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, a groundbreaking mission, is set to provide new insights into the outermost layer of ...

Through the analyses of gases and fluids preserved within salt crystals, the team extended the direct record of Earth’s ...

NASA’s Carruthers mission will film Earth’s elusive exosphere to understand space weather, atmospheric escape, and planetary habitability. A NASA mission aims to photograph a feature of Earth that is ...

The northern and southern lights, especially active lately, have been treating sky watchers to spectacular shows. But what ...