New images from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover show the first close-up views of a region scientists had previously observed only ...

Source: Space Weather. The impacts of space weather such as extreme solar winds and magnetic waves are not limited to outer ...

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

"Our Story With David Attenborough" at the Natural History Museum is a 50-minute program that explores humankind's role in the planet's ongoing story ...

Space enthusiasts and families across the U.K. will have the chance to contribute directly to climate science through an upgraded cloud-spotting project launched today.

A failed space probe from the former Soviet Union is expected to fall back to Earth soon, and if its plunge happens to take place over your head, some recent spacecraft reentries may offer some ...

Or, as she puts it, “We’re building a box that makes money in space.” Scientists have long suggested that the microgravity environment of Earth’s orbit could enable the production of ...

The symbols are an example of the type of phenomena — both natural and human-created — revealed by the camera as the space station, located some 250 miles above Earth, zooms over us at 17,000 mph.

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 ...

Two NASA astronauts have safely returned to Earth after an extended trip to the International Space Station.Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore splashed down off the coast of Florida on Tuesday just ...

Starliner astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are expected to return to Earth on Thursday evening after nine unexpected months on the International Space Station. Though the astronauts may ...

Occasionally, though, an event happens that can jostle them out of place, sending electrons raining down into the earth’s atmosphere. These high-energy particles in space make up what are known ...