The terrifying plunge of a JetBlue flight bound for New Jersey has revived a question that sounds like science fiction but is ...

A space and radiation expert is disputing Airbus' recent explanation of an in-flight incident that left at least 15 people ...

Radiation from space that led to more than 6,000 Airbus aircraft needing emergency computer updates could become a growing ...

Ben may have been right way back when Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created him and the rest of the Fantastic Four 64 years ago, but we know a heck of a lot more about cosmic rays today. Back then, Grimm, ...

A stream of high-energy particles from a distant supernova explosion may have caused a packed passenger jet to suddenly lose ...

This redefined shooting star. It’s not just spacecraft that are impacted by the horrors of deep space. In October, 15 people ...

The first step on the moon was one of humanity's most exciting accomplishments. Now scientists are planning return trips—and ...

ATLANTA — Cosmic rays are now blamed for a scary experience midair during a JetBlue flight. The plane suddenly lost altitude while traveling from Cancun to New Jersey in October. It’s called a ...

Michigan State University astrophysicists are closing in on one of space science’s biggest mysteries: where the galaxy’s most energetic particles come from. Their studies uncovered a pulsar wind ...

A JetBlue flight from Cancun to Newark experienced a sudden, severe altitude drop, injuring 15 passengers on October 30.

Astronomers have spotted the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen, a cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours — and they ...

In The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Franklin Richards is born with the Power Cosmic, an unlimited energy source linked to Galactus. Reed and Sue’s exposure to cosmic radiation during conception causes ...