This even distribution of hydrogen is thought to be key to developing scalable radiation shields for both spacecraft and the ...

Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), astronomers have investigated the emission properties ...

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Solar winds are electrically charged particles emitted from the sun that are mostly made up of protons and electrons. The sun ...

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Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

2024's gigantic solar storm gave the Earth two new temporary radiation belts, according to NASA's CubeSat mission. One of these belts could stay in place for a "very long time", according to NASA ...

"Most of the external layers of a massive star are removed during the supernova, but some material falls back, making the neutron star spin faster." ...

Chorus waves, quick bursts of energy known to occur relatively close to Earth and around other planets, were found in an ...

A groundbreaking X-ray imager is on its way to revolutionize our understanding of Earth's magnetic defenses. This ...

Earth’s magnetic field, generated by movements within its molten iron core, serves as a protective shield against solar winds and cosmic radiation. However, over the past century, scientists have ...