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

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

Marking what researchers say is the first direct connection between a specific piece of space debris and measurable atmospheric pollution, a failed SpaceX rocket re-entry gas been linked to a plume of ...

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

SpaceX launched another 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit on Thursday evening.

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches for it's third test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, March 14, 2024. automation SpaceX lost contact with its Starship rocket on reentry over the Indian ...

SpaceX launches helped make Kennedy Space Center feel active again, but that routine has quietly shifted. Here's what changed ...