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

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

Marking what researchers say is the first direct connection between a specific piece of space debris and measurable atmospheric pollution, a failed SpaceX rocket re-entry gas been linked to a plume of ...

On February 20, 2025, the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaked across Europe, and scientists in Germany tracked ...

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites giving a view of a 'jellyfish-like' vapor trail that was seen in SC.

New research shows SpaceX satellite re-entries are releasing toxic metals into the atmosphere. Discover how Isro’s Project Netra is working to prevent a disaster from space debris collision.

A plume of upper-atmospheric lithium pollution observed in February 2025 has been attributed to the reentry of a specific ...

The recent study focuses on the amount of lithium left behind from a single rocket reentry. Previous studies have already shown that lithium, aluminum, copper, and lead left behind from the reentry of ...

Falcon 9 was also expected to generate a sonic boom when it returns off the coast of the Bahamas. Residents and visitors to ...

Watch how the atmospheric re-entry of one of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy's fairings, reported to be traveling at more than 15 times the speed of sound. Credit: SpaceX | Mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta ...