In a stunning turn of events, 6,000 planes were grounded due to a potential solar radiation threat, exposing the fragility of modern aviation. This incident coincided with the revelation of the most ...

In A Nutshell Two massive hot regions deep beneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean have been influencing Earth’s protective ...

Among the many extra-terrestrial challenges faced by the Earth, one of them comes straight from our planet's home star. Sun eruptions mainly come in two forms: solar flares and coronal mass ejections.

A researcher has recently proposed that we could limit or reverse the effects of climate change by tethering a sun shield to a captured asteroid between us and the Sun. Sun shields have been proposed ...

Earth is rapidly warming and scientists are developing a variety of approaches to reduce the effects of climate change. An astronomer has proposed a novel approach -- a solar shield to reduce the ...

​Unlike the common green auroras seen at the poles, the Ladakh sky turned red because observers were witnessing the "upper curtain" of the aurora. At altitudes above 300 km, solar particles excite ...

Engineers have created a “cosmic veil”—a special protective coating—designed to shield solar cells on satellites and spacecraft from the brutal radiation environment of space. Developed at the ...

NASA is preparing the Artemis II crew for deep space radiation, using sophisticated shielding and wearable technology to ensure their safety.

The D’Onghia magnetic shielding crew hat, or CREW HaT, is a system that uses electromagnetic coils to deflect cosmic radiation from astronauts. The system consists of: A ring of electrical coils ...