(THE CONVERSATION) The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the ...

The Lanzarote lava tube system is an accessible testing ground for DLR's SCOUT Rover, tailor-made for navigating the complex ...

Astronauts and spacecraft face constant bombardment from high-energy radiation, posing significant risks to both human health ...

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...

To address these issues, scientists have developed equipment capable of simulating microgravity conditions on Earth. One such device is the clinostat ... such as cells in a nonuniform electric field.

Houston-based startup Quaise Energy is testing technology that melts and even vaporizes rock to unlock "superhot" rock ...

When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...

But startup SandboxAQ believes that artificial intelligence, when combined with navigation systems that read Earth’s magnetic field ... to make this lifesaving equipment standard.

There’s no microphone in the world strong enough to pick up a person’s deepest secrets, and yet every time Darcy (a ...

The Earth’s magnetic north pole has been slowly inching its way across the Arctic for decades, but recently, its path […] The post The Earth's Magnetic North Pole Has Suddenly Shifted Towards Siberia, ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

The Carrington Event was so large that these particles interacting with Earth’s magnetic field impacted telecommunications ... and navigational equipment, damage satellites, and even cause ...