A plume of upper-atmospheric lithium pollution observed in February 2025 has been attributed to the reentry of a specific ...

There is another way forward. A circular economy for space applies the same principles that aims to transform modern waste policy on Earth. This means designing products to last and keep them in ...

When we look up at the night sky and see a satellite glide past, we might not consider climate change or the ozone layer. Space may feel separate from the environmental systems that sustain life on ...

Microbes can live and grow in an atmosphere of pure hydrogen, lab experiments show. The finding could widen the range of environments where astronomers seek signs of alien life. “We’re trying to ...

Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere — a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life. Well, they finally seem to have ...

Space junk returning to the Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a new study has found. Published today in the journal Communications Earth ...

After a Falcon 9 rocket stage burned up in the atmosphere, vaporised lithium and other metals drifted over Europe. This ...

Atmosphere-biosphere interactions play a vital role in regulating the exchange of energy, matter, and gases between the Earth’s atmosphere and its terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. These ...