Imminent loss of NASA's Aura and Canada's SCISAT will severely diminish scientists’ ability to monitor ozone-depleting substances in the stratosphere.

Scientists are increasingly concerned about the future of Earth science under President Donald Trump, as three key NASA ...

The hazards facing lunar astronauts are many. There’s the radiation, the temperature extremes, the psychological challenges ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft entered safe mode twice during a recent close pass of Jupiter, temporarily halting science operations.

The shielding technology was tested in vacuum chambers, where it was used to remove lunar dust samples brought home by NASA's ...

Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, which took place from March 10–14 in The Woodlands, Texas, witnessed some very ...

Along with Artemis, the agency has been hard at work on a fairly mundane aspect of lunar travel: dealing with moon dust.

as it passes through the Van Allen radiation belt, but Earth's magnetic field still provides significant protection. The shielding is crucial, as NASA aims to limit astronauts' increased lifetime ...

It's made up of three kinds of radiation: particles trapped in Earth's magnetic field, particles from solar flares and galactic cosmic rays NASA said. Earth is surrounded by a system of magnetic ...