It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, right on the edge of Earth's atmosphere ... Agency's Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite.

NASA scientists have just spotted a hunk of space rock that could smack into Earth in 2032. And while it's unlikely to wipe out humanity, it could take out a city.

The Earth Sciences contribute to answers on a wide range of societal and economic questions in areas such as: the natural means of existence (water, raw materials, the energy transition), the ...

This is the company’s first attempt to simulate the moon’s gravity. The successful launch comes as Blue Origin is competing with the likes of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and other private players in the space ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids. NASA has a network of telescopes used to track near-Earth asteroids, like ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Jeff Bezos’ rocket company gave NASA a brief taste of the moon’s gravity Tuesday, without straying too ...

but it was the first to mimic the moon's gravity. The gravitational pull of the lunar surface is about 1/6 that of Earth's, meaning a person who weighs about 100 pounds would feel closer to just ...

Another one, called the Lunar-g Combustion Investigation, studied "how materials catch fire in the moon's gravity compared to Earth's," Blue Origin wrote. "The findings will help NASA and its ...

Blue Origin launched its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Feb. 4 on the company’s first attempt to simulate lunar gravity in flight. New Shepard lifted off from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in ...

Geologists have long viewed North America and Europe as separate continents, yet new studies suggest there might be more complexity beneath the surface of Earth’s oceans. Ongoing research has revealed ...