The ozone layer, which protects life on Earth from harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun, was severely damaged in the 1980s and 1990s due to chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) — chemicals used in ...

Protecting the ozone layer also protects Earth’s vegetation and has prevented the planet from an additional 0.85 degrees Celsius of warming, according to new research from Lancaster University, NASA, ...

When atmospheric chemists Paul Crutzen and John Birks added smoke into their computer models of nuclear war scenarios, they ...

As the space industry grows, more stuff is being left behind in our atmosphere by space vehicles. Last year, over 2,600 objects, including rockets and satellites, were launched into space, according ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 22 Starlink internet satellites was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on ...

WASHINGTON -- Once upon a time, gazing at the night sky was an escape from manmade messiness on Earth. Not anymore. Nearly 70 years after the launch of Sputnik, there are so many machines flying ...

As SpaceX's Starlink satellites die, they're likely killing something else with them: the strength of Earth's ozone layer. That's because when they fall into Earth's atmosphere and burn up, the ...

Water injected into the stratosphere by the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption may be causing ozone destruction. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Satellites like the ones used for Starlink's internet service could be depleting the Earth's ozone layer when they're deorbited, according to a study funded by NASA and published in Geophysical ...