From ecosystem change and soil quality to hydrology and natural hazards, Earth studies have never been so important. But in a crowded field of concerns, how can researchers prioritise the most ...

This teardrop-shaped field shields Earth from high-energy particles launched at us from the sun and elsewhere in the cosmos. But due to the field's structure, some particles get funneled to Earth ...

Given the criticism often leveled at space programs worldwide that they are expensive luxuries then money could be spent ...

The Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago out of a mixture of dust and gas around the young sun. It grew larger thanks to countless collisions between dust particles, asteroids, and other growing ...

But it's also how we have to live on Earth if we are to protect our environment, which is one of the themes of this year's World Space Week, running between Oct. 4 to Oct. 10. A space station, or a ...

The environments in space habitats and on the Earth are both closed-loop systems, only on vastly different scales. Imagine living in a place where your survival depends upon living within your ...

Series review and intercultural advice: In the last programme of the series Marc Beeby reviews the topics of the previous programmes and also presents a guide to turning theories about culture ...

A collection of down-to-Earth facts about our planet and its place in the solar system. This collection introduces the Sun as the main source of light and heat on Earth. It explains that the Earth ...

But it's also how we have to live on Earth if we are to protect our environment, which is one of the themes of this year's World Space Week, running between Oct. 4 to Oct. 10. A space station ...

Elsewhere on Earth, this pivotal transition into the Cryogenian period appears to have been removed by the erosive power of glaciation, resulting in a gap in the record. The Garvellachs are therefore ...

Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet. The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, revolving ...