Could a century-old military communication method be quietly protecting our planet from deadly space radiation? NASA’s Van Allen Probes, launched in 2012 to study Earth’s radiation belts, stumbled ...
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Researchers are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit ...
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A single photograph taken from orbit has managed to make a rare visual connection between the mundane life on Earth and the ...
Researchers have shown that quantum signals can be sent from Earth up to satellites, not just down from space as previously ...
From crewed lunar voyages to flight tests of fully reusable rockets and launches of new orbital telescopes studying the outer ...
Earth/space science teachers educate students on the four basic areas of scientific study classified as part of earth science: oceanography, astronomy, meteorology and geology. Earth scientists play a ...
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that NASA Earth Science Communications has directed The Earth Observer to conduct an ...
Earth is taking in more energy than it releases back to space—a growing "energy imbalance" that is fueling global warming. A ...
There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope ...