The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured one of the most stunning and rare cosmic sights in astronomy: a nearly ...

According to scientists, this ambipolar electric field is thought to be just as crucial to Earth as both gravity and ...

Under a high-emissions scenario, this could mean a sharp reduction in the amount of satellites that can safely operate in low Earth orbit by 2100 – putting significant limitations on what humanity can ...

Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. Part of the greenhouse effect that warms the ...

This domino effect, commonly known as Kessler syndrome, could fill the orbit around Earth with so much destructive clutter that launching or operating satellites becomes impossible. It’s the ...

Scientific Reports, 2025) In contrast, the region around the African structure ... in the weakening of the magnetic field nearby. The researchers require more data, such as observations from Earth's ...

Every second, phenomena known as "auroral electrojets" that stem from solar activity push about a million amps of electrical charge around Earth's poles ... a magnetic field around our planet ...

"We now need to look for data that can constrain the proposed asymmetry in density, for example using observations of Earth's gravitational field," Koelemeijer concluded. Do you have a tip on a ...

Sunita Williams' actual journey will start after her comeback to Earth's gravitational pull, as her body will find it difficult to acclimate to the pressure and weight it has left behind ...

Meanwhile, the truth about the shape of the Earth has been floating around for centuries, with Greek philosopher Pythagoras speculating that the Earth was actually spherical even before his death in ...

images show the streaks of the aurorae snaking about and wrapping around the planet. The images come from NASA's image archive Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. They were taken in rapid ...