EnvironmentAtmospheric pollution caused by space junk could be a huge problem After a Falcon 9 rocket stage burned up in the atmosphere, vaporised lithium and other metals drifted over Europe. This growing type of pollution could destroy ozone and form climate-warming clouds News
SpaceSpaceX's Starlink and other satellites face growing threat from sun There are now over 10,000 satellites in orbit, more than at any point in history, and this growing number is starting to reveal how solar storms could disrupt internet mega constellations like SpaceX's Starlink News