Earth’s surface bears the scars of obvious catastrophes, from dinosaur-killing craters to lava fields, but a growing body of ...

Far beyond the blue sky and the familiar glow of the aurora, Earth is wrapped in a vast, ghostly shroud of hydrogen that ...

Earth may have helped give rise to water on the moon while shielding it from solar winds. This defies a leading theory suggesting the moon needs solar radiation to make water. Understanding how water ...

Cosmic “touchdown airbursts” — explosions of comets or asteroids above Earth’s surface — may be far more common and destructive than previously thought, according to new research. Unlike ...

A team led by professors and scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder have discovered an invisible shield in space that blocks Earth from so-called “killer electrons,” according to ...

Is an aurora still as impressive if its invisible? The Northern Lights, also known as auroras, are well known for their stunning displays of shimmering color, a delight for human eyes. They're also ...

A team of scientists led by the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered an invisible “Star Trek”-style shield that blocks so-called “killer electrons” 7,200 miles above Earth. The electrons, ...

An international study led by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil has identified a little-known but potentially significant threat: Asteroids that share Venus's orbit and may ...

The first large-scale pictures of the hidden machinations of the Earth's magnetic force-field are now available, including confirmation of a suspected but previously invisible "tail" of electrified ...

NASA’s Carruthers mission will film Earth’s elusive exosphere to understand space weather, atmospheric escape, and planetary habitability. A NASA mission aims to photograph a feature of Earth that is ...