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long exposure of Earth’s city lights, stars, and satellites in low orbit
In this long-exposure photograph taken from the International Space Station, the bright flashes at the center are reflections of sunlight from satellites in low-Earth orbit.

Spotlight: Mar 11, 2025

Climate change is reducing the atmosphere’s ability to burn up old space junk, decreasing the number of satellites that can safely orbit in space, engineers report. “If the atmosphere is changing, then the debris environment will change too,” William Parker says.

Mar 11, 2025

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