According to NASA, the ISS detected a previously unknown phenomenon surging through Earth's atmosphere, roughly 55 miles ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Space junk falling out of orbit can be a threat -- now scientists say they have found a new way to track it as it speeds through ...

A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pile up—causing ripple effects across everything from weather tracking to broadband internet to national defense. A photo composite ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Credit: ESA) A new study of Earth's upper atmosphere has discovered spikes in lithium ion levels following the return of a Falcon ...

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A 1,300-pound NASA probe re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday, nearly 14 years after it was launched. The U.S. Space ...

The two images are helping researchers figure out how the gas giant's atmosphere works as a connected three-dimensional ...

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

When part of a SpaceX rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere exactly a year ago, it created a spectacuglar fireball that streaked across Europe's skies, delighting stargazers and sending a team of ...

How can seasons on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, influence its atmosphere? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated ...

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, is truly a remarkable world. It has a thick atmosphere as well as rivers, lakes, and seas of methane and hydrocarbons. It is too cold for liquid water, but it is the ...

What does the atmosphere of Uranus look like? This is what a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters hopes to address as a team of researchers from the United States and United Kingdom ...