High-energy cosmic radiation damages cells and DNA, causing cancer, and secondary neutrons—generated especially from the planetary surfaces—can be up to 20 times more harmful than other radiations. Aluminum, the most widely used shielding material, has ...

Lunar regolith could be a viable option for radiation shielding, reducing exposure risks for astronauts during long-duration missions on the Moon's surface.

The hazards that the Artemis II crew must navigate during their 10-day flight are plentiful, starting from the second they launch aboard the most powerful rocket to ever carry humans and continuing

NASA is testing new solar radiation forecasting model on Artemis II to give astronauts earlier warnings of dangerous radiation in deep space.

During the Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, NASA will test out a pair of new solar radiation forecasts, developed at University of Michigan Engineering, designed to protect astronauts venturing away from Earth.

Spend a single day outside our planet's protective atmosphere and magnetic field, and you could be exposed to radiation levels equivalent to what you'd experience across a whole year back on Earth. It's a risk astronauts face, and especially so during long ...

Developing high-density neutron shielding material using surfactant-stabilized boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT). (Nanowerk News) High-energy cosmic radiation damages cells and DNA, causing cancer, and secondary neutrons- generated especially from the ...

We had expected that the radiation on the lunar surface would be constant when the Moon is not inside the Earth’s magnetosphere,” Robert Wimmer-Schweingruber, the study’s

Earth's magnetic field acts as a vital shield against radiation arriving from space, but it is not constant. A new international study has examined how a reduction of the magnetic field similar to the Laschamps excursion would affect aviation on routes such as Helsinki–Dubai and Helsinki–New York if it occurred today.

The image captures the glowing ribbon of the galactic plane, where the vast majority of the Milky Way's stars are concentrated.