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Earth’s magnetic shield may not have the safety limit scientists once thought it did. New research suggests that the most powerful solar storms could disturb the planet’s upper atmosphere up to twice ...

Researchers at Caltech and Sophia Space, a start-up, have developed a technology using solar power to prevent computer ...

Thousands of satellites and debris fragments could act as a distributed sensor network, revealing how the thermosphere ...

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A Spanish startup called Vortex Bladeless has spent ten years building a wind generator that looks like a shaking pole — and the physics behind it is the same force that destroyed one of history's ...

Swimming pools are fun. Cleaning swimming pools is not fun. I learned this simple logic as a kid growing up in and around pools—it’s the only way to survive summer in Houston. Four years ago, I became ...

Researchers collect sea-ice cores at the biogeochemical coring site during the scientific handover between Leg 1 and Leg 2 of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate ...

After the "field," the operating system of the universe, generated mass and the alchemy of stars forged complex elements, the computer known as the universe began to construct even larger integrated ...

Solar storms have long been treated as a hazard to satellites, power grids, and GPS systems. A peer-reviewed study published in Geophysical Research Letters this spring adds a category that no ...

The weekend forecast usually blames familiar suspects. A cold front pushing through, or a low-pressure system stalled offshore that drags moisture up from the south. The sun rarely enters the ...