We’ve enjoyed a number of celestial spectacles in recent years – from total solar eclipses to stunning auroras – and yet, soon Earth will witness the space event to trump them all. In the next five ...

While US officials are worried about Russian anti-satellite weapons, or ASATs, the behavior of Russia's Nivelir satellites is puzzling. It's clear that Russia is deliberately launching these ...

When the moon is positioned farther from Earth's equator and closer to the poles, its pull on the planet becomes weaker. With ...

In fact, July 9 could end up being the shortest day ever recorded by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems ...

The full buck moon will reach its peak illumination on Thursday, July 10. It’s just one of this month’s celestial highlights.

On October 9, 2008, the State Space Agency of Ukraine sent a message towards Gliese 581c. Unlike the Voyager records, whose messages were chosen by a committee chaired by renowned physicist Carl Sagan ...

A close-in exoplanet is triggering stellar flares and self-destructing. This is the first direct evidence of planet-star ...

Everything in the sky felt upside down and opposite, compared with what I was used to. A person who lives in the Southern Hemisphere might feel the same about visiting the Arctic or the North Pole.

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut at the ISS, has captivated the world with stunning Earth images.

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

The 2017-2027 Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space (ESAS 2017) will help shape science priorities and guide agency investments into the next decade. The survey, sponsored by ...