These high-energy particles in space make up what are known ... chorus waves interact with electrons in the outer radiation ...

When researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory visualized data from the first few nanoseconds of a lightning, they ...

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned from a grueling extended stay after nine months of being stranded in outer space aboard the ISS ...

We still don't fully understand what triggers lightning. A new study suggests that showers of cosmic rays may be the missing ...

Languages: English. Scientists have revealed a hidden trigger of lightning that could resolve a centuries-old weather mystery. Earth is struck by some 44 bolts of lightning each second ...

Private citizens and companies may one day begin to permanently settle outer space and celestial bodies. But if we don’t enact governing laws in the meantime, space settlers may face legal chaos.

Outer space is crowded, with more than eighty countries either owning or operating satellites. The types of actors are also increasingly diversifying. Space is no longer only a realm of states. A ...