Deflector shields in Star Trek protect against space debris and enemy attacks by emitting gravitons to shield the ship. Deflector shields can be overwhelmed by solar flares and photon torpedoes, as ...

Earth’s magnetic bubble, the invisible shield that normally deflects charged particles from the Sun, briefly shrank to a fraction of its usual size during a recent superstorm, exposing satellites and ...

Radiation in space is one of the major obstacles to human exploration of the solar system. Astronauts on a round-trip to Mars could be exposed to radiation doses 66,000 times higher than on Earth. But ...

FROM Star Trek to Star Wars, Dune to Dr Who, force fields have long been a staple of science fiction. Now Boeing has taken out a patent to produce the real thing. Instead it is intended to deflect the ...