As soon as late February, a lunar lander will depart from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on its way to the moon carrying ...

A groundbreaking X-ray imager is on its way to revolutionize our understanding of Earth's magnetic defenses. This ...

Understanding chorus waves is vital, as they create fast-moving, highly energetic electrons (known as killer electrons) that can penetrate spacecraft shielding and destroy important systems.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth while preparing to make its way towards lunar orbit.

This, they claim, means it must have originated in the highly magnetized region that surrounds a star: the magnetosphere. The researchers obtained their result by measuring the FRB’s scintillation, ...

The Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) is a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) which aims to study the interaction ...

The moon is an integral part of the sky above us. Over time, each month’s full moon has acquired a unique name of its own: ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic ...

By comparison, the magnetic north pole is the northernmost convergence point in Earth’s magnetic field, also known as the magnetosphere. Generated by the churning molten metals in Earth’s core ...

To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Landing on the moon is one of the most challenging things humanity has attempted. Perhaps that’s part of what drives us to keep trying.

The researchers analysed oxygen isotopes from 14 samples from the Moon and carried out 191 measurements on minerals from Earth. Isotopes are varieties of the same element that differ only in the ...