Scientists have identified water as one of the most effective materials for blocking radiation. Water is dense and contains ...

Japanese scientists have created the first-ever long-term dataset about Earth's entire atmosphere, stretching all the way to space. They hope the project will help shed light on some little ...

Geomagnetic storms also cause problems on Earth. The electric currents they create can overload power plants and cause ...

The temperature can change from very hot to very cold, depending on sunlight exposure. It can range from 1,700°C (3,092°F) in the sun to -270°C (-454°F) in the shade.

Astronomers have unlocked a new way to explore alien worlds by mapping the 3D structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock to ...

Named 2024 YR4, the space rock ... high up in the atmosphere. And this is very consistent with a body about 50 meters in diameter, plus or minus 10 meters, entering Earth's atmosphere.

A massive 500,000-mile-wide (800,000-kilometer) coronal hole in the sun's atmosphere ... remember that space weather is unpredictable and difficult to forecast, much like Earth's weather.

It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, right on the edge of Earth's atmosphere. High in the skies of Earth, a new space race is underway. Here, just above the boundary where ...

I’ve described SkyWater Technologies as a specialist in custom chips and advanced semiconductor chip packaging. But after ...

The discovery of chorus waves happened by accident—and not in space but on Earth—when World War I ... solar wind barreling into the planet’s atmosphere. Collectively, all these previous ...