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

When the Sun reaches higher levels of activity, junk drifting in low Earth orbit loses altitude at an increased rate - and ...

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

High-energy cosmic rays, 10 million times more powerful than particles accelerated in Earth's strongest atom smasher, may ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Somewhere between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, a giant metallic world drifts silently through deep space. Unlike ordinary ...

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 ...