One-and-only Allen Versfeld @uastronomer@mastodon.monoceros.co.za
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It's been a while, and I can't get to sleep, so here's an article I finished earlier today:

universetoday.com/articles/mor

Captured by astronaut Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station (ISS), this long-exposure photograph showcases Earth's city lights, the upper atmosphere's airglow, and streaked stars. The bright flashes at the center are reflections of sunlight from SpaceX's Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit. Credit: NASA

More Greenhouse Gases Means Less Room for Satellites

Whether your views on climate change are informed by politics or science, it's getting harder to ignore it's effects on our lives down here on Earth. But a surprising study reports that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere could also be affecting the problem of space junk. As the heat energy stored in our atmosphere increases, its ability to scrub debris from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) decreases, increasing the risk of satellite collisions and making it more likely that humanity could lose access to space entirely.

www.universetoday.com · Universe Today

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