Near-Earth space is a complex, dynamic environment that affects not just objects in space, but our everyday lives as well. It exists as the interaction of energy and mass from a variety of sources. Earth, with its magnetic field and its atmosphere,...

Space environment is a branch of astronautics, aerospace engineering and astronomy that seeks to understand and address conditions existing in space that would impact both the operation of spacecraft and also affect our planet's atmosphere and...

ABSTRACT Between the 1940s and the 1970s the environment of northern Canada was transformed, physically and politically. Scientists played a variety of roles in this transformation, assisting in forming an administrative regime for the region, as well as, on occasion, critiquing this regime...

There is "growing interest" in utilizing space for the development of plant materials, not only to support long-term human space exploration but to produce advanced commercial products on earth as well. Conduct of research to assess the impact of the space environment on...

The peak of the next sunspot cycle is expected in late 2011 or mid-2012 _ potentially affecting airline flights, communications satellites and electrical transmissions. But forecasters can't agree on how intense it will be.A 12-member panel charged with forecasting the solar cycle said Wednesday it...

The Global Positioning System, relied on for everything from navigating cars and airplanes to transferring money between banks, may be threatened by powerful solar flares, a panel of scientists warned Wednesday."Our increasingly technologically dependent society is becoming increasingly vulnerable to space weather," David L. Johnson,...