It's a key problem that will need to be addressed if humans are to attempt deep-space, long-duration missions. Not only is radiation exposure a dangerous health risk to humans, but it also poses a ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

“Now four weeks into the mission, Blue Ghost has downlinked more than 15 GB of data, including NASA science data, from record-breaking GNSS signals to magnetic field measurements, that is already ...

Earth's inner core has changed shape over the past 20 years. A team of scientists studied the core's behavior to understand why its rotation slowed down ...

New research suggests that Earth's inner core, long believed to be stable, may be undergoing structural changes, including a ...

Hydrogel is something that most of us are familiar with from it being used in contact lenses, burn dressings, and hair gel.

A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...

Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion (IECF) is an exciting approach to achieving nuclear fusion that has captured the attention of researchers due to ...

This transformation is believed to be occurring at the boundary where the solid inner core meets the scorching hot liquid ...

Ghent University researchers 3D print hydrogels - superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) - for radiation protection in space.

NASA’s Blue Ghost mission will deploy ten advanced scientific instruments to the Moon, testing technologies for regolith ...

Researchers at Ghent University in Belgium are working on the development of advanced 3D-printed hydrogels for radiation ...