The SMILE spacecraft will study for three years how the solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic shield to try to predict ...

Astronomers believe that 14,000 undiscovered near-Earth objects like asteroids, large enough to cause damage, could be in space. Recently, NASA was tracking a large asteroid flying past Earth known as ...

Astronomers believe that 14,000 undiscovered near-Earth objects like asteroids, large enough to cause damage, could be in space. Recently, NASA was tracking a large asteroid flying past Earth known as ...

Since Earth has survived for over 4.5 billion years, why should we consider any need to protect Earth now—assuming we can? She has survived cosmic forces, meteor impacts, volcanic eruptions, ice ages, ...

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 ...

SMILE is designed to get answers to what happens when a stream of solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic shield and the ...

Yesterday, many people across the world celebrated Earth Day. What did you do to reduce your carbon footprint on the planet? Did you take the bus to work? Walk? Or ride your bike? Make a difference in ...

The Lick Observatory is located just outside of San Jose, California, atop Mount Hamilton. The observatory opened in 1888 and today is a location for astronomers and students from all UC campuses to ...

"The tools we are building are about our planetary future." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's a cosmic roll of the dice. A ...