After being stuck at the International Space Station (ISS) for over 9 months, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry ...

NASA's most remarkable achievements include launching Explorer 1 in 1958, the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing, and the Hubble Space Telescope's universe r ...

The Van Allen belts, composed of energetic particles trapped by Earth's magnetic field, are a critical consideration for spaceflight safety. The formation of these new temporary belts, especially the ...

In May 2024, a powerful solar storm sent a surge of charged particles toward Earth, leading to an extraordinary discovery: a never-before-seen radiation belt now circles our planet. This unexpected ...

Blue Ghost, a lunar lander by Firefly Aerospace, successfully touched down on the Moon on Sunday, March 2, marking the company’s debut Moon landing. NASA reported the four-legged lander carried 10 ...

The May 2024 solar storm led to the formation of two temporary radiation belts around ... could provide valuable insights into how future solar storms might affect technology. The Van Allen Belts and ...

Earth is encircled by two donut-shaped bands of particles called the Van Allen belts, where energetic protons and electrons from the sun are trapped by the planet’s magnetic field. These ...

Robert Nicholas Van Allen Amsterdam - Robert Nicholas Van Allen, 92, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 13, 2025, what he would refer to as "his two month Birthday." A lifelong city ...

with smaller rings and belts depleted more quickly than wider ones. Both findings are consistent with models of planetary formation and disk evolution, according to the researchers. Matrà said ...

NASA has revealed its experimental Radiation Tolerant Computer has made it through the famously and furiously radiating Van Allen belts in one piece. The computer, known as the “RadPC”, went into ...

The new belts formed between two others that permanently surround Earth called the Van Allen Belts. Shaped like concentric rings high above Earth's equator, these permanent belts are composed of a mix ...