A 2016 astronaut photo of the Bahamas shows a series of luminous, rippling sandbanks partly carved out by a coral reef. The ...

From the ISS, NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured rare purple lightning and mysterious upper-atmosphere flashes above massive ...

The first humans to orbit Earth's poles shared the view. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Just over a month since the return of ...

Click play, go full-screen, lean back and enjoy. That's how easy it is now to get lost in the absolutely stunning scape that is our planet Earth from space as it streams live before your eyes. Sen, a ...

This unusual crater on Mars resembles a butterfly, but its shape tells a story of a shallow impact, melted ice, and ancient ...

Photos shared by NASA show what life looked like 250 miles above Earth in 2025, including images of hurricanes, the northern ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

As it heads out of the solar system never to return, the deep space probe Voyager 1 is headed for yet another cosmic milestone. In late 2026, it will become the first spacecraft to travel so far that ...

There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting the Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble ...

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For nearly three decades, the International Space Station has been the only destination in low Earth orbit, but that will ...