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While trying to determine if it could use the entire Earth's atmosphere as a massive sensor, DARPA made a highly unusual detection.

DARPA Tried Using the Earth’s Atmosphere as a Giant Sensor and Detected Something Interesting

By Victor Tangermann

The International Space Station could have harmful environmental effects when it reenters the atmosphere and burns up.

Experts Worried That Destroying the Space Station Will Damage the Earth’s Environment

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have observed mysterious, "dark ovals," each roughly the size of the Earth, dotting the polar regions of Jupiter.

Scientists Intrigued by Large Dark Shapes Appearing on Surface of Jupiter

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's growing Starlink megaconstellation could be hindering the Earth's ozone layer from healing itself, researchers find.

SpaceX’s Starlink May Be Keeping the Ozone From Healing, Research Finds

By Victor Tangermann

Thousands of new satellites, like Elon Musk's Starlink constellation, could have harmful effects on our planet's magnetic field.

Plasma Physicist Warns That Elon Musk’s Disposable Satellites May Be Damaging the Earth’s Magnetic Field

By Victor Tangermann

A yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper suggests that metal particles from burned up satellites could be accumulating in our atmosphere.

Paper Claims Dying SpaceX Satellites Could Weaken Earth’s Magnetic Field

By Frank Landymore

Space startup Varda Space Industries has shared a gorgeous video of one of its space capsules blasting through the Earth's atmosphere.

This Footage of a Capsule Returning to Earth Is a Low Key Sci-Fi Masterpiece

By Victor Tangermann

Though we banned ozone depleting chemicals four decades ago, new research finds that the hole long thought to be healing may be anything but.

Science & Energy

The Hole in the Ozone Layer Is Getting Bigger Again, Scientists Say

By Frank Landymore

ESA is prepping to send a spacecraft to Venus — a feat which will require state-of-the-art methods to get through the planet's grueling atmosphere.

ESA Unveils Plan to Send Spacecraft Through Venus’ “Hot, Thick” Atmosphere

By Noor Al-Sibai

In one billion years, all complex aerobic life on Earth as we know it will eventually die as oxygen levels deplete in our planet's atmosphere.

Science & Energy

In the Distant Future, All Earth’s Creatures May Asphyxiate From Lack of Oxygen

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study by an international team of researchers, the Earth's entire atmosphere vibrates much as the same way a ringing bell does.

Science & Energy

Scientists Detect “Ringing” in the Earth’s Atmosphere

By Victor Tangermann

Data collected by NASA and ESA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory reveals that Earth's gaseous layer extends up to 391,000 miles away from Earth.

New Research: Earth’s Atmosphere Extends Well Beyond the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Based on data from two ground-based telescopes, researchers believe there's water on Jupiter, perhaps far more than on Earth.

Science & Energy

There’s Water in Jupiter’s Atmosphere

By Kristin Houser

Our Climate Is Changing Rapidly. It’s Time to Talk About Geoengineering.

Our Climate Is Changing Rapidly. It’s Time to Talk About Geoengineering.

By Claudia Geib

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Science & Energy

Scientists Have Discovered an Alien Planet That has “Titanium Skies”

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A Spacecraft Thinner Than Human Hair Wraps Up and Destroys Space Debris

By Claudia Geib