Kepler Space Telescope Captures a Very Unique Image of Earth
Capturing images of our home planet from the perspective of faraway spacecraft has become a tradition at NASA, ever since Voyager, 28 years ago, displayed…
Capturing images of our home planet from the perspective of faraway spacecraft has become a tradition at NASA, ever since Voyager, 28 years ago, displayed…
On November 9, 1967, the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight made a great ellipse around Earth as a test of the translunar motors and of…
New research untangles many of the processes involved in shaping Earth, revealing that the mini-planets that added to Earth had previously undergone melting and evaporation….
New research from MIT shows that the origins of surface elevations on Mars and Titan are very different from that on Earth. The environment on…
Scientists review the fundamental physical process behind space weather events that are linked to human activity and discusses the observations of their impacts. Our Cold…
A newly published study details the anthropogenic effects on the space environment, which started in the late 19th century and reached their peak in the…
A newly released Cassini Spacecraft image shows the Earth as a point of light between the icy rings of Saturn. The spacecraft captured the view…
A new study from NASA reveals that the giant Martian shield volcano Arsia Mons produced one new lava flow at its summit every 1 to…
Ten years ago the twin STEREO spacecraft joined a fleet of NASA spacecraft monitoring the sun and its influence on Earth and space – and…
This new image is from astronauts aboard the International Space Station shows an aurora and the Pacific Northwest. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and ESA astronaut…
A new study proposes the existence of long filaments of dark matter, called “hairs,” which are created when a stream of dark matter particles goes…
New data from the University of Liverpool reveals that the Earth’s inner core was formed 1 – 1.5 billion years ago as it “froze” from…
Biologists from Harvard University are examining whether the earlier arrival of warm weather will clash with genetic programming of plants. Harvard scientists are taking a…
Taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, this photograph shows the small island cays in the Bahamas and the prominent tidal channels cutting…
A new study from MIT reveals that the Siberian Traps erupted at the right time, and for the right duration, to have been a likely…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of Earth and the moon as they crossed the sun. Just before the moon entered the shot, Earth blocked…
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shares an image of Earth from the International Space Station. Earth’s thin atmosphere stands out against the blackness of space in…
Scientists gather field data on the Greenland Ice Sheet to help verify climate models that are used to estimate future sea level rise and to…