Greenhouse gas emissions could reduce drag in the upper atmosphere, leaving more space debris in orbit and making satellites ...

A new study finds that as global warming continues it may reduce the available space for satellites in low Earth orbit by ...

At any given moment, more than 10,000 satellites are whizzing around the planet at roughly 17,000 miles per hour. This ...

Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. Part of the greenhouse effect that warms the ...

Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. MIT researchers calculated that as global ...

Research links Earth's axial tilt to past ice ages, showing human-driven warming may prevent future glaciations.

The International Space Station and many low-Earth orbit satellites circle the planet in the thermosphere, an atmospheric layer that “plays a crucial role in creating drag on orbital debris ...