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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

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

A powerful gamma ray burst was so powerful, it took a chunk out of the Earth's upper atmosphere last year.

Science & Energy

A Supernova Blew Out Part of Earth’s Atmosphere, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

A derelict NASA satellite called Earth Radiation Budget Satellite has plummeted back to Earth after spending almost four decades in orbit.

Derelict NASA Satellite Crashes Down to Earth

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists with the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service announced that the hole in the ozone layer over the South Pole is now larger than Antarctica.

There’s a Hole in the Ozone Layer Bigger Than Antarctica, Scientists Sigh

By Tony Ho Tran

An unexpectedly large hole in the ozone layer formed over the Arctic because of an unusually cold winter and an extreme polar vortex.

A New Hole Is Forming in the Ozone Layer Over the Arctic

By Dan Robitzski

Some of the Ozone Layer Is Still Thinning, Thanks to a Surprise Chemical

Some of the Ozone Layer Is Still Thinning, Thanks to a Surprise Chemical

The Ozone Layer is Not Recovering and We Don’t Know Why

The Ozone Layer is Not Recovering and We Don’t Know Why

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NASA: Hole in Earth’s Ozone Layer is the Smallest It’s Been Since 1988

By Claudia Geib

MIT Confirms the Ozone Hole is Healing

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MIT Confirms the Ozone Hole is Healing

By Cecille De Jesus