Latest articles by Tereza Pultarova
The rapid unscheduled disassembly of SpaceX's Starship mega rocket may have released significant amounts of harmful air-pollution into the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere.
Satellites have detected electromagnetic signals generated by ocean tides, suggesting that space-born sensors could obtain insights into the motion of other liquid masses on Earth.
Japanese scientists have created the first-ever long-term dataset about Earth's entire atmosphere, stretching all the way to space.
An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth's orbit in the U.N.'s sustainable development goals.
Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a light pollution risk due to a new renewable energy project.
Amateur astronomers who have purchased telescopes from leading suppliers in the U.S. may be entitled to a payment from a class action settlement.
LignoSat's six-month mission will demonstrate whether wood could help reduce the environmental impact of spaceflight in the future.
A constellation of small satellites could help researchers view processes in close vicinity of supermassive black holes like never before.
"The Spiderweb protocluster is an ideal laboratory for investigating the relationship between black holes and star formation in detail."
Smart undershirts and AI algorithms will keep astronauts healthy on NASA's planned Gateway moon-orbiting space station.
A car-sized asteroid will pass us at about half the distance between Earth and its moon tonight (Dec. 6).
Energetic particles that arise when cosmic rays hit Earth’s atmosphere could help assess hidden damage to buildings in Ukraine after the war.
The 6mm hole was discovered accidentally in footage from an onboard camera.
Over 100 astronomers from leading U.S. universities have signed an open letter calling for an assessment of potential impacts of satellite megaconstellations on Earth's environment.
New technologies including recoverable satellites and in-orbit space debris recycling could help solve the satellite air pollution problem and prevent a new ecological crisis in the future.
Debris from the broken-apart Intelsat 33e telecom satellite is spreading across geosynchronous orbit, threatening spacecraft in this precious region of space, an animation shows.
A British startup plans to supply solar power from space to Icelanders by 2030, in what could be the world's first demonstration of the novel renewable energy source.
SpaceX's Starlink satellites now make up 40% of reentering satellite debris. But is Elon Musk's space company the worst polluter of Earth's upper atmosphere?
The growing number of rocket launches and satellites burning up in Earth's atmosphere could trigger the world's next big environmental emergency.
Air pollution from re-entering satellites is a potential environmental disaster that evades Earth-based laws, experts say.
Next-generation space debris protection material is being readied for a test trip to the International Space Station, to see how it holds up in the final frontier.
Europe's Mars Sample Fetch Rover showcased its sample-picking skills in field tests for the first time this month.
SpaceX's new Starlink satellites are so radio noisy that they could blind radio astronomy observatories to the universe's most intriguing phenomena, scientists say.
