SpaceX rocket left behind a plume of chemical pollution as it burnt up in the atmosphere

• Space junk returning to Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a new study has found.

Science · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 110 words

Mantle plume vs. plate tectonics: Basalt cores reshape the North Atlantic breakup debate

• About 56 million years ago, Europe and North America began pulling apart to form what became the ever-expanding North Atlantic Ocean. • Vast amounts of molten rock from Earth’s m

Science · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 120 words