Bone and muscle deterioration, radiation exposure, vision impairment -- these are just a few of the challenges space ...

This solar storm not only disrupted GPS communications but also created two new temporary radiation belts around Earth. These belts, located between the two permanent Van Allen belts, surprised ...

Two bands of radiation called the Van Allen belts encircle Earth. After a May 2024 solar superstorm, two more showed up between those belts.

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who launched aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June 2024, returned to Earth after ...

Van Allen and the discovery of the radiation belts are featured on the cover of Time magazine on May 4, 1959 (right). (NASA SVS) After Explorer 1 launched, though, they noticed that their ...

NASA's 45-day post-mission rehabilitation program is designed to help astronauts recover from the physical effects of ...

As US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams prepare to return home after nine months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), some of the health risks they've faced ar ...

as it passes through through the Van Allen radiation belt, but Earth's magnetic field still provides significant protection. The shielding is crucial, as NASA aims to limit astronauts' increased ...