Watch the epic view of the moon and Earth captured by the Orion spacecraft ahead of its outbound powered flyby. Credit: NASA ...

U.S. astronaut Nichole "Vapor" Ayers captured a spectacular view of a phenomenon known as a "sprite" blazing to life above an ...

A NASA astronaut captured a fascinating weather phenomenon that still has scientists scratching their heads. Nichole Ayers is ...

Pending international discussions on space traffic management, space debris removal, and limiting so-called space junk in Earth orbit could help to stop space debris orbiting the Moon and Mars. This ...

Tardigrades get their nickname ‘waterbears’ from their cute and chubby look. Image via Depositphotos. Tardigrades, also known as water bears or moss piglets, are microscopic eight-legged animals that ...

The way Dad designed the map means that it points back to Earth both in space and in time, making it a galactic positioning system (a different kind of GPS) in four dimensions.

The private Fram2 mission launched on Monday, March 31, 2025 to a 90 degree orbit around Earth. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – Axiom Space’s fourth private crew to the International Space Station is ...

June 2025 — NASA refined asteroid 2024 YR4's path, raising chances of a lunar impact in 2032. The asteroid no longer poses a significant threat to Earth, experts confirmed after new observations ...

The Strawberry Moon reached peak illumination around 3 a.m. on Wednesday and appeared full and bright on Tuesday evening. The video at the top of this story was taken on Tuesday from Chicago, where ...

Night owls were treated to the full moon — where there is a straight line between the sun, Earth and moon — at 3:44 a.m. ET on June 11, according to Shanahan.