Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) 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.

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 ...

Less drag therefore means extended lifetimes for space junk, which will litter sought-after regions for decades and increase the potential for collisions in orbit. The team carried out simulations ...

An atmospheric layer of special interest is the thermosphere, where the International Space Station and most satellites orbit today. When the thermosphere contracts, the decreasing density reduces ...

A secretive Space Force ship has returned to earth after spending 434 days in orbit conducting mysterious tests. The Boeing-made X-37B vessel was quietly launched by SpaceX in 2023 from NASA’s ...

This mission utilized a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to go a farther distance into pace and put itself in a “highly elliptical” orbit. In October, the spacecraft carried out new and innovative ...

As we reported in October 2024, the U.S. Air Force confirmed that the X-37B had been conducting a series of aerobraking maneuvers, a technique that uses atmospheric drag to gradually adjust orbit.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Young people participate in the opening ceremony of the Lawyers’ Ball in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, March ...

Wyndham Clark vaulted up the Arnold Palmer Invitational leaderboard on Thursday, but embedded-ball confusion almost derailed the start of his Friday round. Clark shot a five-under 67 on Thursday ...

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams before heading to Boeing's Starliner spacecraft ...

The heavy-lift rocket, which is already years behind schedule, was just 30 minutes away from launching on Monday when a faulty valve meant the ... large satellites into orbit for the first time ...