EUROPE and China launched a joint space science mission last May 19 aimed at unraveling the complex interaction between the Sun and Earth’s magnetic environment, a phenomenon that directly affects ...

Nearly half of all known objects currently orbiting Earth technically classify as space junk, but the true amount may be even ...

An artistic visualization of ocean currents from NASA has people mesmerized learning about our planet's underwater highways.

Earth has a group of cosmic stalkers. Known as "co-orbitals," these small bits of rock have a 1:1 mean motion resonance with ...

At the start of the millennium, China and Europe seemed set to collaborate in space. That's no longer the case even as they ...

"Each time a satellite has to maneuver to avoid a potential collision, it uses fuel which is a finite and precious resource." ...

The 27-feet space rock is zooming past Earth at a whopping 45,522 mph.

On May 21, ground controllers powered down NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) instrument, bringing the data collection ...

Solar emissions exert 'drag' on space junk orbiting Earth. From historical measurements across a period of 36 years, researchers have now shown that space junk begins to fall down much faster once the ...

Earth and Space Science Informatics brings together data-intensive methods, computational platforms and domain expertise to analyse, visualise and model phenomena ranging from planetary interiors and ...