Not all that far above your head is a particle accelerator that would put the Large Hadron Collider to shame. There, charged particles, some carried in by the solar wind, some created by cosmic rays, ...

Scientists at NASA are closely monitoring a vast region of weakened magnetic intensity—known as the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA)—due to the unique challenges it poses for satellites. From South ...

Researchers trying to understand how the planets formed have uncovered a new clue by analysing meteorites that are older than the earth. The research shows that the process which depleted planets and ...

As part of the EU project “Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice”, experts from 14 institutions located in 10 European countries have spent three years combing the Antarctic ice sheet to find the ideal location ...

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle after landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Oct. 2019. Credit: Air Force From time to time, the U.S. military shows glimpses of its X-37B spaceplane, which can ...