Space has dramatically changed in the last decade. It is now cheaper and easier to get stuff into space, and the consequences ...

The thousands of satellites operated by companies from Starlink to Telesat will eventually burn up in the atmosphere when ...

A new study warns that burning up thousands of old satellites yearly could release aluminium and other metals into the upper ...

Massive 2022 Eruption Reduced Ozone Layer Levels Nov. 20 ... Signatures of the Space Age: Spacecraft Metals Left in the Wake of Humanity's Path to the Stars Oct. 16, 2023 — Using tools hitched ...

Starlink and other low-orbit internet satellite companies are pumping thousands of satellites into space each year in an ...

In as little as 15 years, burning satellites could cause the outermost layer of the atmosphere to warm up noticeably. Further ...

Ozone itself is a greenhouse gas and has contributed to around 0.2° Celsius (0.36° Fahrenheit) of current global warming, Mowbray writes. Ozone at ground level harms human health.

It projected the ozone layer should be restored to 1980 levels over the Antarctic by around 2066. Smaller holes over the Arctic were projected to recover by 2045, and for the rest of the world in ...

Satellites’ impact on the ozone layer begins before they’re even in ... needed clarity from the atmosphere soon: The European Space Agency plans to launch a mission in 2027 that would follow ...