Debris from burning satellites could affect the Earth’s magnetic field
by The environmental impacts of spaceflight are becoming more apparent as more and more spacecraft are launched into Earth orbit. Scientists have been concerned for years …
Tag: The Earth’s Atmosphere
Crash of dead satellite was space junk wake-up call, experts say
There is an interesting residual fall from the European Remote Sensing satellite, or ERS-2, recently on Earth. After its launch in April 1995, ERS-2 studied …
SpaceX launches NASA’s PACE satellite to study Earth’s oceans, air and climate (video)
NASA’s newest Earth-watching satellite has taken it off the chopping block all the way into orbit. The nearly $1 billion PACE mission, which the Trump …
Why did the Earth’s magnetic poles flip?
Earth, our rocky, watery oasis in the cosmos, is the perfect place for life to thrive for a number of reasons. We sit just the …
The fate of Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ mission is unclear after landing due to a power outage
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The fate of Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ mission is unclear after landing due to a power outage
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, register for free here. The …
Billion dollar disaster list 2023 breaks US record with 28 weather and climate disasters amid hottest year on record
National weather analysts released their 2023 “billion dollar disaster list” on Jan. 9, just as 2024 got off to a rocky start. A blizzard was …
Alien technosignatures are more likely to be found on oxygen-rich exoplanets. Here’s why
Alien hunters should look for technological life on planets with high abundances of oxygen in their atmospheres, according to new research that aims to improve …
This ISS mission could be an ‘eye opener’ about climate science
NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission has provided the first ever comprehensive map of minerals located across Earth’s dust source regions. Created …
Space weather is chaotic and difficult to predict. That new model could change that
Scientists are building a digital space model of Earth to improve the forecasting of solar storms and their effects on infrastructure. Almost seven decades into …