Create a Physics World account to get access to all available digital issues of the monthly magazine. Your Physics World ...

Satellites and rocket stages burning up on reentry are now depositing more aluminum into Earth’s upper atmosphere than ...

GOLDEN, CO — The surge in megasatellite constellations is creating problems beyond amplifying the Earth-circling space debris, according to new research. Reentering spacecraft and rocket stages may ...

WASHINGTON — A 1,323-pound NASA probe that has been in space for 14 years is expected to burn up in Earth's atmosphere Tuesday night, according to the U.S. Space Force and NASA. The timing of Van ...

The Van Allen Probe A, a 1,323-pound NASA satellite that once studied how the Van Allen radiation belts protect the planet from cosmic radiation and space weather, is expected to re-enter Earth’s ...

"The risk of harm coming to anyone on Earth is low," NASA said.