NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory studies Earth’s exosphere, capturing ultraviolet images to monitor atmospheric ...

First direct evidence shows rocket reentries can release lithium into the upper atmosphere. Measurements by Robin Wing et al.

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

Digging the atmosphere's grave. The post Constant Space Launches Turning Earth’s Atmosphere Into a “Crematorium,” Scientists ...

The oxygen in Earth's atmosphere is key to making ours the only planet known to harbor life, but this precious resource is in limited supply. Although it is the best-known component of the air we ...

There is another way forward. A circular economy for space applies the same principles that aims to transform modern waste ...

When we look up at the night sky and see a satellite glide past, we might not consider climate change or the ozone layer.

Cyanobacteria, as they still exist today, were the first organisms to carry out photosynthesis and release oxygen. Produced ...

Webb maps Uranus’s upper atmosphere, revealing cooling temperatures, shifting auroras, and the effects of its tilted magnetic ...