For years, NASA has monitored a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the ...

Earth’s magnetic field has flipped 171 times over the last 71 million years, with the last reversal about 780,000 years ago. A weakening magnetic field could impact satellites and GPS, but changes ...

The University of Iowa's NASA mission, TRACERS, successfully launched into orbit, marking a significant milestone in space ...

TRACERS launch paves the way for NASA to study magnetic reconnection and how solar activity affects near-Earth space.

The SNIFS sounding rocket launched on 18 July is an attempt to study the Sun's chromosphere, where the temperature, pressure ...

How can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to locate lunar pits and skylights, which are surface depressions and openings, ...

At high doses, cosmic rays can tear through DNA molecules and damage biological tissue. Prolonged exposure to cosmic ...

High above Earth, where space and the planet’s magnetic field meet, powerful forces collide. Streams of charged particles ...

Just a short distance inland from the waves crashing against California's shore, NASA's Relativistic Electron Atmospheric Loss (REAL) CubeSat mission launched into the sky, taking off at 2:13 p.m. ET ...

Researchers recently discovered a huge chain of extinct volcanoes buried deep below South China that formed when two tectonic ...

San Antonio-based Southwest Research Institute is managing the $115 million mission examining the effects of solar winds.

The role of cryogenics in scientific instruments is pivotal, ensuring low temperatures and vibration-free environments for ...