Washington’s latest trade probes target excess industrial capacity in several economies in Asia, causing concern that higher tariffs are on the way. The Trump administration opened the investigations ...

All things that go up must eventually come down. NASA says that its Van Allen Probe A satellite has fallen precipitously back to Earth after a 14-year journey through space. The probe reentered the ...

The Advanced X-Ray Imaging Satellite, or AXIS, mission would have flown a large X-ray telescope. Credit: Univ. of Maryland WASHINGTON — NASA has disqualified one of the two proposals for a large ...

A 1,300-pound NASA satellite was set to crash into Earth on Tuesday, March 10, after orbiting Earth for 14 years. The first of the two Van Allen Probes satellites is expected to re-enter Earth's ...

A NASA probe tasked with gathering data on Earth’s radiation belts has run out of fuel and is set to reenter through the atmosphere on Tuesday. NASA’s Van Allen Probe A is expected to re-enter the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist’s rendition represents NASA’s twin Van Allen Probes in orbit within Earth’s magnetic field to explore the radiation ...

NASA's Van Allen Probe A is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere almost 14 years after launch. From 2012 to 2019, the spacecraft and its twin, Van Allen Probe B, flew through the Van Allen belts, ...

In 2012, NASA launched two probes into space: Van Allen Probe A and Van Allen Probe B. Their goal was to collect data on charged particles passing through Earth’s magnetic field. Those particles can ...

One of NASA’s spacecraft could reenter the atmosphere at approximately 7:45 P.M. EDT tonight. The agency has warned that there is a one-in-4,200 risk of harm to people as a result of potential debris.