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In 2024, Bloomberg News reports there were about 1,000 satellite reentries, roughly three per day. And by 2035, according to an estimate from the same Harvard astrophysicist, there could be as many as up to 50 satellites reentering the atmosphere every day. And that takes a toll. Eric Rosten writes about energy and the environment for Bloomberg.

In 2024, Bloomberg News reports there were about 1,000 satellite reentries, roughly three per day. And by 2035, according to an estimate from the same Harvard astrophysicist, there could be as many as up to 50 satellites reentering the atmosphere every day. And that takes a toll. Eric Rosten writes about energy and the environment for Bloomberg.

Companies like Amazon and SpaceX have been filling up space with more and more satellites in recent years. SpaceX plays a particularly big role. When the company first started to send satellites into orbit around six years ago, there were fewer than 2,000 functional satellites total. Since then, SpaceX alone has sent more than 7,000.

Companies like Amazon and SpaceX have been filling up space with more and more satellites in recent years. SpaceX plays a particularly big role. When the company first started to send satellites into orbit around six years ago, there were fewer than 2,000 functional satellites total. Since then, SpaceX alone has sent more than 7,000.

Companies like Amazon and SpaceX have been filling up space with more and more satellites in recent years. SpaceX plays a particularly big role. When the company first started to send satellites into orbit around six years ago, there were fewer than 2,000 functional satellites total. Since then, SpaceX alone has sent more than 7,000.

And the company has said in the past it hopes to have six times that amount in space someday. Research into stratospheric pollution is relatively new. So far, data from the past five years shows that things like rocket fuel and particles from satellites that re-enter the atmosphere could potentially undo decades of progress repairing the ozone layer and possibly indirectly change the weather.

And the company has said in the past it hopes to have six times that amount in space someday. Research into stratospheric pollution is relatively new. So far, data from the past five years shows that things like rocket fuel and particles from satellites that re-enter the atmosphere could potentially undo decades of progress repairing the ozone layer and possibly indirectly change the weather.

And the company has said in the past it hopes to have six times that amount in space someday. Research into stratospheric pollution is relatively new. So far, data from the past five years shows that things like rocket fuel and particles from satellites that re-enter the atmosphere could potentially undo decades of progress repairing the ozone layer and possibly indirectly change the weather.

Scientists will get more answers soon from the European Space Agency. It plans to launch a mission in 2027 that follows a satellite's final descent into the atmosphere and measure what exactly is left in its wake. Before we let you go, a few other stories we're following. It was a day of hirings and firings at the White House.

Scientists will get more answers soon from the European Space Agency. It plans to launch a mission in 2027 that follows a satellite's final descent into the atmosphere and measure what exactly is left in its wake. Before we let you go, a few other stories we're following. It was a day of hirings and firings at the White House.

Scientists will get more answers soon from the European Space Agency. It plans to launch a mission in 2027 that follows a satellite's final descent into the atmosphere and measure what exactly is left in its wake. Before we let you go, a few other stories we're following. It was a day of hirings and firings at the White House.

President Trump has selected Fox News host and former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, one of the most important federal prosecutor's offices in the Justice Department. It comes as Trump pulled the nomination of Ed Martin, who faced backlash from key Republican senators in his nomination process.

President Trump has selected Fox News host and former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, one of the most important federal prosecutor's offices in the Justice Department. It comes as Trump pulled the nomination of Ed Martin, who faced backlash from key Republican senators in his nomination process.

President Trump has selected Fox News host and former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, one of the most important federal prosecutor's offices in the Justice Department. It comes as Trump pulled the nomination of Ed Martin, who faced backlash from key Republican senators in his nomination process.

Pirro joins the ranks of other Fox News personalities who have been selected by Trump for prominent roles in his second term. Pirro, who's known the president for decades, was an outspoken voice repeating his false claims of election fraud in 2020.

Pirro joins the ranks of other Fox News personalities who have been selected by Trump for prominent roles in his second term. Pirro, who's known the president for decades, was an outspoken voice repeating his false claims of election fraud in 2020.

Pirro joins the ranks of other Fox News personalities who have been selected by Trump for prominent roles in his second term. Pirro, who's known the president for decades, was an outspoken voice repeating his false claims of election fraud in 2020.

And as for firings, Cameron Hamilton, the head of FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was fired just a day after he told members of Congress that FEMA should not be eliminated, seeming to go against the stated goals of the Trump administration.

And as for firings, Cameron Hamilton, the head of FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was fired just a day after he told members of Congress that FEMA should not be eliminated, seeming to go against the stated goals of the Trump administration.

And as for firings, Cameron Hamilton, the head of FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was fired just a day after he told members of Congress that FEMA should not be eliminated, seeming to go against the stated goals of the Trump administration.