Recent NASA budget uncertainties could make one space agency endeavor up for grabs — defending Earth from incoming space rocks. That effort, undertaken by NASA for many years, could be given to the ...

SpaceX prepares to launch its Falcon 9 rocket on a rideshare mission for NASA and NOAA from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday morning to study the sun's ...

Our magnetosphere plays the role of gatekeeper, repelling unwanted energy that's harmful to life on Earth, trapping most of it a safe distance from Earth's surface in twin doughnut-shaped zones called ...

Since Earth has survived for over 4.5 billion years, why should we consider any need to protect Earth now—assuming we can? She has survived cosmic forces, meteor impacts, volcanic eruptions, ice ages, ...

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Sept. 23 (UPI) --NASA officials are prepared to launch a mission that is designed to protect the Earth's technologies against the potentially damaging effects of solar storms. NASA and Space X ...

"In my opinion, planetary defense is an operational mission which should be formally tasked to U.S. Space Command." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.