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Earth's stratosphere has been shrinking for 40 years. That could one day screw with orbiting satellites.
The stratosphere - the layer of Earth's atmosphere between 7.5 and 31 miles up - is shrinking due t…
Aylin Woodward
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Satellites burning up in our atmosphere may not be as harmless as first thought
Satellites burning in our atmosphere leave metal particles in the stratosphere, and scientists don'…
Marianne Guenot
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Balloons detect mysterious sounds in the stratosphere below the human hearing limit. Scientists can't explain.
Solar-powered balloons in the stratosphere can hear ocean waves crashing, wind turbines spinning, e…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The ozone hole is set to heal by 2060 — a rare climate success story — but wildfires could slow its progress
Wildfires across Australia in 2019 and 2020 funneled smoke into the stratosphere, where ozone prote…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Humans have launched so much to space that it's actually polluting Earth's atmosphere, a new study found
Researchers traced the metals back to rockets and satellites, and believe the objects could be chan…
Sonam Sheth,Jessica Orwig
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Indoor trampoline theme park Bounce set for India entry
New Delhi, Dec 1 () Australian indoor trampoline theme park format Bounce Inc is foraying into the …
PTI
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A 57-year-old Google engineer performed the highest human free-fall, jumping from 135,890 feet up in the stratosphere. A documentary now on Netflix reveals how he did it.
Eustace, at the time a chief Google engineer and pilot, plunged 25 miles from the stratosphere down…
Hilary Brueck
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A drone that flew for over two months in a US Army test crashed in Arizona after nearly breaking a record for the longest flight
The Zephyr drone flew for 64 days before it "experienced an issue which ended the flight campaign,"…
Charles R. Davis
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Very rare rainbow clouds appeared for three days in a row in the Arctic over Christmas
Polar stratospheric clouds are rare, but they were seen for at least three days in late December.
Marianne Guenot
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Virgin Galactic slips 10% as UBS downgrade argues the stock's 'stratospheric' surge is unsustainable
The bank pointed to the company's "stratospheric stock move". Shares of the commercial spaceflight …
Isabelle Lee
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What's So Special About Tomorrow's Lunar Eclipse?
The eclipse will begin at 4:17 a.m. EDT (1:17 a.m. PDT) and last through 9:32 a.m. EDT (6:32 PDT). …
Jessica Orwig
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Harvard scientists will soon send chemicals into the atmosphere to see if a last-ditch planet-hacking plan could keep Earth habitable
For now, SCoPEx will start small, as the balloons will release up to 35 ounces of calcium carbonate…
Peter Kotecki,Peter Kotecki
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Astronauts in space photographed a giant volcano erupting in the Pacific Ocean
Keeping track of volcanic plumes that breach that stratosphere - which starts about 33,000 feet (6.…
Aylin Woodward
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ISRO Scientist Becomes First Indian To Tour Stratosphere
TN Suresh Kumar is a senior scientist working at the Indian Space Research Organisation’s master co…
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Here's What It Looks Like When You Send A GoPro Camera To The Stratosphere
Earlier this month, Maxime Dehaye launched a weather balloon into the sky from France. It reached a…
Dylan Love
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Goldman: Groceries Could Launch Amazon Into The Stratosphere
Bringing Fresh to up to 25 cities over the next five years could require investment of up to $1 bil…