Scientists in Germany have reported the first direct detection of upper-atmospheric pollution linked to the reentry of a specific piece of space debris, after a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage burned up over Europe in February 2025 and left behind a measurable plume of lithium. The finding does not prove a catastrophe is unfolding above [...] The post A Falcon 9 upper stage burned up over Europe last February, and German scientists just caught it doing something to the atmosphere nobody had directly measured before appeared first on Space Daily .
A Falcon 9 upper stage burned up over Europe last February, and German scientists just caught it doing something to the atmosphere nobody had directly measured before
