The second stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket captured an amazing view of Earth during the launch of the Intelsat 40e ...

From Earth, auroras — also known as the northern or southern lights according to the hemisphere in which they occur — appear as colorful lights dancing in the sky near the poles. Astronauts on the ...

Blue Origin's famed New Shepard launch vehicle is on the cusp of ferrying its next crew of celebrities and notable people to the edge of space, where its passengers will have a front-row seat of Earth ...

When the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) weather satellite GOES-19 turns its gaze toward the sun, scientists don't expect to see our home planet. But there it was ...

Astronaut Zena Cardman shared a view of the aurora borealis from the International Space Station, capturing the northern ...

Need a break from all the breaking news just to marvel at our small, delicate world? There's always something happening in space, and humanity is documenting it more quickly and clearly than ever ...

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"Now is the time to start thinking and talking about mitigating the threat of piracy in space." Put on your eye patch and crank up your best "arrr." And while you're at it, plop down a stack of ...

Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on Earth after nearly nine months in space and readjusting to life with gravity. Down to their DNA, astronauts’ bodies can change in weird ...

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The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists' minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is ...