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

"Our behavior with greenhouse gases here on Earth over the past 100 years is having an effect on how we operate satellites ...

SpaceX's mission to launch the first astronauts into polar orbit is quickly approaching.

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

The thermosphere extends from about 90 km to 500 km above Earth's surface. While conditions in the thermosphere are hellish, ...

Greenhouse gases are doing more than warming our planet — they're reshaping space itself. As emissions cool and shrink the ...

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

The US Space Force has accused China of "dogfighting in space," a term that usually refers to fighter jets caught up in an ...

In the new study, researchers aimed to evaluate the “satellite carrying capacity” of certain altitudes of interest, or “shells", in low Earth orbit by creating simulations of carbon emissions ...

Climate change isn’t just affecting Earth, it’s reshaping space as well. A new MIT study reveals that rising greenhouse gas ...

As Earth's orbit is becoming more littered with detritus ... but that takes months or years depending on the altitude." CASSIOPE, or the Cascade Smallsat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer, was ...

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 ...