NASA measures radiation over Greenland to improve aviation safety and validate models that predict cosmic doses polar flight ...

The sprawling Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory in South America has produced its first major discovery while still under construction. The international Auger collaboration has traced the rain of ...

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

Cosmic rays are charged subnuclear particles that move close to the speed of light, constantly raining down on the Earth. These particles are relativistic, as defined by Albert Einstein’s special ...

Astronauts and satellite integrated circuits are at most risk of an ongoing tempest of galactic cosmic rays that scientists say is at an all-time high. According to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, ...

A mysterious glow at the center of the Milky Way has puzzled astronomers for more than a decade. New research offers an ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Space ...

High energy astrophysics probes the most energetic phenomena in the Universe, from explosive supernova remnants to the powerful outflows near compact objects. A central focus of this field is the ...

Space travel could increase the risk of erectile dysfunction in male astronauts, a new study has found. The study, published in The FASEB Journal, notes that this is due to astronauts being exposed to ...

Before so much as the first microbe existed, there had to be amino acids thought to have formed in one of the primordial oozes of early Earth. It was previously thought that lightning might have ...