The growing release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere could pose a serious threat to the future of space operations, ...

The current state of Earth's climate has no recorded precedent. The consequences of the sheer volume of anthropogenic ...

Climate change, often associated with its effects on Earth, could well impact the space near our planet. A recent study ...

Four crew members will embark on a new long-duration science expedition when they launch to the International Space Station ...

The emphasis was on low-Earth orbit (LEO; an altitude of ≤1,200 miles or 2,000 kilometers), where most satellites reside. With the United States increasingly dependent on satellites for communications ...

Climate change is altering conditions in near-Earth space, which could limit the number of satellites that can reliably ...

MIT aerospace engineers have found that greenhouse gas emissions are changing the environment of near-Earth space in ways ...

We knew the Earth's atmosphere was shrinking due to climate change. Now, we have determined how many satellites will fit into ...

Chinese commercial launch company iSpace has secured new funding as it prepares for a first launch of its Hyperbola-3 ...

The study, published in Nature Sustainability, focuses on the thermosphere, a high-altitude atmospheric ... “satellite carrying capacity” of low Earth orbit. Their models predict that by ...