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Satellites

We still don’t know what effect satellite burning in the upper atmosphere will have on the planet’s climate.

February 27, 2024

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced it will dispose of 100 Starlink satellites over the next six months, after it discovered a design flaw that may

Future missions will result in more space debris in Earth orbit and on the Moon, but no one is in charge of cleaning it up.

September 1, 2023

There’s a lot of trash on the Moon right now – including nearly 100 bags of human waste – and with countries around the globe

This solar cycle, the sun’s activity is more powerful and surprising than predicted

August 18, 2023

What do you feel when you see the aurora? Otherwise known as the northern or southern lights, an aurora is light emitted by upper atmospheric

An aerospace expert explains how the balloons work and what they can see

February 6, 2023

Project Moby Dick was an early Cold War-era effort by the U.S. to monitor the Soviet Union using high-altitude balloons.