Back in 1832, the celebrated British physicist, Michael Faraday, carried out a set of experiments designed to answer a tantalizing question: could electricity be generated by Earth's rotation through ...

Most of the time, the Earth and Sun’s magnetic fields are misaligned, leaving our planet’s field less open to the ...

NASA finally got two astronauts back to Earth after being stranded on the ISS for 9 months. Such long space missions can take ...

Viewing opportunities in the northern lights forecast are significantly better than initially reported yesterday and ...

Earth’s magnetosphere – the region of space dominated by the planetary magnetic field – provides some protection for ...

While Earth’s magnetic field provides some protection, astronauts are still exposed to cosmic radiation, which increases the ...

Scientists have explained everything that might happen to the two 'stranded' NASA astronauts' bodies when they finally return ...

We all know that the Earth is in constant motion - it is something we learnt in school, and while we might not feel it at all, our planet is constantly moving, completing one rotation around the ...

NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams are returning to Earth after a prolonged nine-month stay at the ISS due to ...

The road to full recovery from the effects of long-term space travel will likely take months, with astronauts undergoing ...