Discovered in Arizona, Pluto gains support to be reclassified a planet

Discovered in 1930 at the Lowell Observatory, Pluto was demoted as a planet in 2006. Some want President Trump to take action ...

NASA's Isaacman latest to endorse Trump reclassifying Pluto as a planet

NASA chief Jared Issacman appears to be among those who support Pluto being reclassified as a planet. Could President Trump sign an executive order?

Mentor Public Library hosts talk by Terry Pluto

Sportswriting legend Terry Pluto is coming to Mentor Public Library, and he’s bringing more than 50 years of Guardians, Browns and Cavaliers stories with him. In addition to writing for The Akron ...

Discovered in 1930, Pluto still has not finished one full orbit— And it won’t until year 2178

Pluto has not completed a single orbit since its 1930 discovery. With a 248-year journey around the Sun, the dwarf planet will finish its first full circuit in 2178.
Futurism

Constant Space Launches Turning Earth’s Atmosphere Into a “Crematorium,” Scientists Say

Constant space launches are turning the atmosphere into a “crematorium” for satellites and other space debris. That was the warning from a trio of astronomers and atmospheric scientists in a new essay ...
The Conversation

A new space race could turn our atmosphere into a ‘crematorium for satellites’

Laura Revell receives funding from the Marsden Fund and Rutherford Discovery Fellowships, administered from New Zealand Government funding by the Royal Society Te Apārangi. She is a member of the ...
UPI

Study: Frequent rocket re-entries might harm atmosphere

Feb. 19 (UPI) --Frequent deployment of satellites and re-entries by the rockets that deploy them might pose a risk to the Earth's upper atmosphere and environment, a German study published Thursday ...
Phys.org

Webb maps the mysterious upper atmosphere of Uranus

For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus's upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature and charged particles vary with height across the ...
Gizmodo

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

On February 19, 2025, a Falcon 9 rocket fell back toward Earth in an uncontrolled reentry, producing a massive fireball in the skies over Europe. On its way down, the rocket came near a lidar station ...
New Scientist

Atmospheric pollution caused by space junk could be a huge problem

A SpaceX rocket that burned up after re-entering the atmosphere unleashed a plume of vaporised metals over Europe, a type of pollution that is expected to increase as spacecraft and satellites ...
The Conversation

Climate ‘fingerprints’ mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean

Ed Hawkins receives funding from UKRI NERC grants and is supported by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science. Ric Williams receives funding from UKRI NERC grants and works at University of ...