Chinese scientists have discovered a remarkable material in lunar samples brought back by the Chang’e 5 mission. This finding ...

The asteroid 2024 PT5 will leave Earth on Nov. 25 after visiting Earth, but new analysis shows this temporary "second moon" may come from our original moon and, thus, from Earth itself.

In 2007, they became the first animals to survive exposure to outer space after a Russian crewless capsule ferried 3,000 living tardigrades on a European mission to low Earth orbit, and exposed ...

(The Earth’s own magnetic field today is around 50 microtesla.) Even so, the scientists estimate that such a low-grade field intensity ... field detection of about 5 microtesla, which is ...

Doi’s team decided to develop a NASA-certified wooden satellite to prove wood is a space-grade material. “Early 1900s airplanes were made of wood,” said Kyoto University forest science profe ...

Our mission is to excel in education and research in Earth system sciences and human-environmental interactions. We aim to provide students with the scientific basis to work in geology, meteorology, ...

An independent analysis by Imperial College London suggests that adding 8GW of space-based solar energy to the UK’s energy mix could result in annual savings of over $5.2 billion (£4 billion ...

According to the National Space Science Center (NSSC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the scientific experiment mirror platform of the China Space Station has recently entered operation phase ...

South Korea’s KASA collaborates with NASA for solar studies CODEX will enhance understanding of solar wind and its effects Agreement includes lunar exploration and future Mars missions ...

Earth welcomed asteroid 2024 PT5 as a temporary moon. 2024 PT5, 37 feet wide, is leaving Earth's orbit in November. Scientists study mini-moons like 2024 PT5 to improve tracking.

Drabon and her colleagues investigated evidence of an impact during the Archean eon (4 billion to 2.5 ... on Earth where rocks this old preserve a moment in such detail, Drabon told Live Science.