NASA’s collaboration with SpaceX has once again launched groundbreaking research into orbit. On May 15, the 34th SpaceX ...

On the International Space Station, a cube holding a diamond-based sensor revealed the potential for quantum magnetometers.

Despite being the most abundant particles in the universe, neutrinos are notoriously difficult to detect. Could launching a ...

Our magnetosphere plays the role of gatekeeper, repelling unwanted energy that's harmful to life on Earth, trapping most of it a safe distance from Earth's surface in twin doughnut-shaped zones called ...

Scientists are using a new technique to study incoming space debris and its effects on Earth's atmosphere.

Space technology on Earth has gone from futuristic to foundational in our everyday lives. From satellite innovations that enable global communication to space science applications improving ...

Solar emissions exert 'drag' on space junk orbiting Earth. From historical measurements across a period of 36 years, ...

There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope, reside in low Earth orbit, or LEO, which tops out at about 1,200 miles (2 ...

A bus-sized asteroid named 2026 JA1 will safely pass Earth on May 13, 2026, at a distance of about 605,000 miles. NASA ...

In a new book, NASA astrobiologist Caleb Scharf says the fate of life on Earth may hinge on leaving our planet behind The multibillion-year story of life on Earth is defined by a handful of epochal ...

D. JAMES BAKER, Co-Chair, is the director of the Global Carbon Measurement Program of the William J. Clinton Foundation, where he currently focuses on the use of forestry programs to reduce carbon ...

Not everyone gets a chance to put on a space suit, but you can still be an important part of NASA’s human space exploration ...