On April 6, 2026, shortly before Earth slid behind the Moon from the perspective of Orion, and the spacecraft lost radio ...

Astronauts grip objects too tightly in space because their brains are still anticipating Earth's gravity, a new study has ...

This Earth Day, we reflect on our home planet and look at Earth from space through history.

Artemis II’s journey around the moon, scheduled to conclude on Friday, has delivered stunning new images of our home world ...

NASA’s “Your Name in Landsat” lets users see their names formed by real Earth landscapes using 50 years of satellite data. Know it's working and how Landsat program is monitoring changes on Earth.

NASA shut down Voyager 1's charged particles instrument to save dwindling power, as the interstellar spacecraft loses about 4 ...

Far away on desolate Mars, a set of dust and rock samples awaits a ride that might never come. After years in limbo, NASA’s groundbreaking Mars Sample Return (MSR) programme, which was supposed to ...

Look up on a clear night and you'll see the streaks of our new space age. What you don't see is the growing fallout for the atmosphere that keeps us alive. A wave of satellite launches and reentries ...

An analysis by the nonprofit science advocacy group The Planetary Society has identified 54 NASA missions that may be ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Earth's shadow follows the planet as it orbits the sun. You can get a sense of its enormous, awe-inspiring size by seeing this silhouette cast on objects ranging from satellites to the moon. When you ...