According to Afshin Beheshti, director of the Center for Space Biomedicine, the absence of gravity leads to various physiological adaptations that can compromise astronaut health. For instance, in ...

While we go about our days the Earth is constantly rotating through its own magnetic field. Now, experts claim it is possible to harvest clean energy from this natural rhythm.

Night owls could see dashes of glowing color in the sky early Tuesday morning with a Geomagnetic Storm Watch in place, ...

The EZIE mission’s satellites will investigate auroral electrojets and their role in space weather disturbances.

Multi-spacecraft scientific missions for space physics have been flown since the 1960s with early missions such as IMP, VELA, ...

NASA astronauts are returning to Earth after nine months in space. Experts have said a prolonged period in space can come ...

After an unexpectedly prolonged mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronauts Sunita Lyn “Suni” ...

From puffy face, fragile skin, to muscle and bone loss - what happens to the human body in space? Here's all we know ...

Nine months in space can permanently alter the body, leaving astronauts with possible long-term health effects.

The Analyzer for Cusp Electrons (ACE) is designed to measure electron activity in the region of the northern magnetospheric ...

Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...