Direct detection of lithium from a SpaceX rocket reentry offers new evidence that metal pollution from space debris could ...

First direct evidence shows rocket reentries can release lithium into the upper atmosphere. Measurements by Robin Wing et al. confirm pollution from a Falcon 9 reentry in February 2025.

Space junk returning to Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a new study has found.

When part of a SpaceX rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere exactly a year ago, it created a spectacuglar fireball that ...

Scientists detected a lithium spike nearly 60 miles above Earth and traced it to a Falcon 9 rocket re-entry, raising concerns.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fireball created by the rocket's upper stage streaking across the sky, seen in a long-exposure image above Berlin (Gerd ...