The weather on Earth can get pretty messy sometimes. But in space, it can be wild, and the effects can be far-reaching. Solar ...
Particle detector Calculations suggest that millicharged dark matter could be detected by observing its interaction with Earth’s magnetic field. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Milagli) Analysis by physicists ...
Solar emissions exert 'drag' on space junk orbiting Earth. From historical measurements across a period of 36 years, researchers have now shown that space junk begins to fall down much faster once the ...
An imperfect diamond is perfect for sensing Earth’s magnetic field from space. A quantum device used a diamond’s defects to map Earth’s magnetic field from the International Space Station. Just 10 ...
The Pentagon on 22 May 2026 released a second trove of once-classified images and video footage of unexplained flying objects ...
Sometime next year, a new NASA instrument designed and built in Colorado will get an eagle-eye view of Earth. The instrument, known as Libera, will circle the planet from high above, scanning every ...
After nearly 14 years in space, NASA’s Van Allen Probe A made a fiery return to Earth on Wednesday, March 11. Weighing just over 1,300 pounds, the satellite blazed through Earth’s atmosphere and ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Debris from moonbound spacecraft has left craters on the lunar surface since the U.S. Apollo missions. But the moon is not used to being surrounded by debris. With an expected ...
A recent SpaceNews opinion article argued that it is time to “take astronomy off Earth.” The suggestion is straightforward: If satellite constellations and commercial space activity threaten ...
NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...
On April 10, my family and I sat around the kitchen table, eating tacos and watching a livestream of the four Artemis II astronauts return from their mission around the moon. When the capsule carrying ...