The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...

Voyager 1 was responsible for one of the most iconic space photos in the history of the space program. In 1990, while still ...

"It's the first time an image of the two celestial bodies have been captured together from the surface of Mars." ...

Now, they're coming home. The European Space Agency sent a plane to capture footage of the first of four Cluster mission satellites reentering Earth's atmosphere on Sept. 8. "The first recorded ...

Clear images of flashing lightning are rarely taken from orbit around Earth because the phenomenon is normally obscured by cloud cover. However, the spectacular sight can be seen at the heart of ...

Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Earlier this month, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched its newest Earth-observation satellite, known as Copernicus Sentinel-2C.

It's the first time Earth's geologic record — information found inside rocks — has been used to create an animation of this kind. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The Earth has a “second moon,” and it appears to have originated from the original moon. This additional moon is a near-Earth ...

In an out-of-this-world first, Earth and Phobos have been photographed together in the sky by NASA’s Curiosity. The rover has ...