The average distance between the Moon and Earth is 382,500 kilometers (about 237674.48 miles). As such, there's plenty of space around our planet to warrant all the satellites we put into orbit, right ...

A solar storm that zoomed past Earth recently might create problems for satellites and the country’s power grid, experts say. The nearby solar eruption snowplowed dense plasma towards the Earth ...

In the last 50 years, a weak spot in the Earth's magnetic field has gotten bigger. This chink in the planet's armor of geomagnetic energy is located above the southern Atlantic Ocean, so scientists ...

Before humans first started sending objects into Earth orbit, the pocket of space around our planet was clear and clean. But the launch of Sputnik 1 in October of 1957 changed everything. Since then, ...

We all know that climate change is affecting Earth, but did you know it is also causing problems in space? Scientists, ...

Grounding, also known as earthing, is when you stand on the earth or have contact with a product that’s grounded into the earth. This is thought to connect your body to the natural electric charge of ...