Learn how defunct satellites burning up in the atmosphere can potentially harm the ozone layer.

In the coming years, communications companies like Starlink are planning to launch thousands of satellites into Earth’s orbit. While this growing swarm of satellites is already causing issues for astronomers, recent research has raised concerns about what will happen when these satellites reach the end of their lifespan and start to fall back to Earth.…

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