In recent years, private companies have transformed spaceflight from a government-led endeavour into a burgeoning commercial industry. Space tourism, satellite networks, and rapid-launch capabilities ...

A new study confirms the Antarctic ozone layer is healing as a direct result of global efforts to reduce ozone-depleting substances. A new MIT-led study confirms that the Antarctic ozone layer is ...

The booming space industry has filled the skies with rockets and satellites, but this rapid expansion comes with a hidden danger: slowing the recovery of the ozone layer. Rocket launches and burning ...

The rapid rise in global rocket launches could slow the recovery of the vital ozone layer, says Sandro Vattioni. The problem is being underestimated—yet it could be mitigated by forward-looking, ...

The international space industry is on a growth trajectory, but new research shows a rapid increase in rocket launches would damage the ozone layer. Several hundred rockets are launched globally each ...

From the ground, Earth’s sky seems boundless and everlasting, but the view from above shows something different—a perilously thin blue line against the black void, all that stands between our living ...