NASA's newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now ...

When Earth fails, space respondsImage captured April 29, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 platform showing a lack of nighttime lights in Spain due to a blackout ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) noted in its Annual Space Environment Report that more than 6,600 tons of space junk are currently floating about in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), between 100 - 1,200 ...

March 2025 Just days before her father was set to return, Wilmore’s daughter Daryn Wilmore spoke out on her father’s time in space—and how she felt about the delays in his return to Earth.

This solar activity, if directed toward Earth, can produce what researchers term space weather. Space weather can result in stunning auroras, but it can also disrupt satellite and power grid ...

A wide angle lens captures the long curve of Earth's horizon, with the occasional piece of the space station moving in and out of frame. A tighter view focuses directly on Earth, showing a stretch ...

Split-second pulsations rippling through Earth’s magnetic field called “chorus waves” have been linked to auroras much like this one, seen from the International Space Station in low-Earth ...

Astronauts take hundreds of stunning photos from the International Space Station. This year's best snapshots reveal both Earth and space in glorious detail. Check out astronauts' views of eclipses ...

June 26, 2025 Science Rocks in Canada's Quebec province found to be the oldest on Earth June 26, 2025 Science Zurich researchers pioneer rare earth e-waste recycling June 26, 2025 ...

Asteroids are space rocks that can range in size from dust particles to over 500 miles in diameter. There are several small groups of them in or near Earth’s solar orbit, including the Apollo ...

Image via Joslyn Yates. Annalise Giuliani, Program Manager at the Challenger Learning Center, was among the first to test the new “Earth Odyssey” mission coming soon to the space-themed simulation ...