Study: Frequent rocket re-entries might harm atmosphere

Frequent deployment of satellites and re-entries by the rockets that deploy them might pose a risk to the Earth's upper ...

SpaceX rocket left behind a plume of chemical pollution as it burnt up in the atmosphere

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

Study Confirms: Reentering SpaceX Rockets Are Peppering the Upper Atmosphere With Metal Pollution

The recent study focuses on the amount of lithium left behind from a single rocket reentry. Previous studies have already ...
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Scientists measure air pollution from reentering SpaceX rocket in real-time: 'It's never been done before'

For the first time ever, scientists have observed in near real time a cloud of air pollution created as a SpaceX rocket burned up in Earth's atmosphere.

Upper-atmospheric lithium pollution directly linked to Falcon 9 reentry

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