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One technique involves releasing particles of sulphur dioxide high up in the stratosphere. Another involves trying to brighten the clouds over the sea by spraying salt water off the back of ships. Both are potential methods of solar radiation modification (SRM), a type of solar geoengineering aimed at trying to…

A tiny fraction of known black holes emit X-ray signals that resemble a human "heartbeat." Now, new research may finally explain the strange phenomenon.

Four astronauts are about to fly higher than anyone has in 52 years.

As everyone's praying for Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore's safe return, there is a growing concern about their health as it's been more than two months the astronauts have been stranded in space. The 58 year old and her peer are expected to be brought back using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.…

Democratic leaders push to expand Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to compensate individuals affected by radiation exposure from federal uranium mining ...

Though magnetars and pulsars are two distinct types of neutron stars, astronomers have spotted a magnetar mimicking a pulsar after launching a mysterious blast of intense radiation.

When my colleagues and I set to work on a century-old cosmic mystery, we found an unexpected celestial laboratory in Terzan 5, a dense star cluster currently plunging through our galaxy at breakneck speed.

Radiation levels were normal, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said, although the blaze is visible from Ukrainian-held territory