As early as next month, a domestic cube satellite will be launched aboard a U.S. crewed lunar exploration vehicle heading to space for the first time in half a century. The Korea AeroSpace ...

CERN's ALICE collaboration reveals how fragile deuterons survive high-energy collisions, impacting models of cosmic rays and ...

Scientists have shown that the building blocks of proteins can form naturally in deep space. This means the raw ingredients ...

A jetliner was nearly knocked out of the sky and sent plummeting to a deadly crash that would have killed all onboard by a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cosmic radiation could be a boon for subsurface life on worlds such as Europa (left), Mars (center) and Enceladus (right), ...

An investigation by Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University and Scripps News reveals how the FAA fails to protect most who fly for a living from a known health hazard.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first step on the moon was one of humanity's most exciting accomplishments. Now scientists are planning return trips – and ...

Researchers in China have developed a radiation-tolerant semiconductor system as thin as a single layer of an atom, a ...

The path of 14C from cosmic rays to cellulose. Green arrows denote newer pools of 14C and brown arrows denote older pools. The size of the arrow reflects best estimates of size of the carbon pool.

An illustration of a young solar system immersed in high-energy cosmic rays from a nearby supernova. Unlike considering only direct injection of supernova ejecta, this process naturally explains key ...

pt. I. Discovery -- The nature of the radiation -- Particles produced by the cosmic rays -- The primary cosmic radiation -- Radio waves from the galaxy -- Extensive air showers -- The origin of cosmic ...

High-energy particles zipping through the cosmos are harmful to life on Earth, but scientists think it could be food for potential alien life elsewhere. Saturn's moon Enceladus (shown here in a 2006 ...