An Earth-observing radar satellite launched in July jointly between the U.S. and India has returned its first images of our planet’s surface.

The map, spanning 4,000 light-years from the sun in all directions, combines a chart of space dust with the effects of a rare type of young, hot star.

NASA’s IMAP mission will explore the heliosphere and study how it shields Earth from cosmic radiation and space weather.

Two decades after Silverpit was discovered, Nicholson and colleagues revisited the controversy almost by chance. In 2022, fresh off the discovery of the Nadir Crater off West Africa, the team received ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's most enormous star-forming cloud.

NASA has released the first radar images from a new Earth-mapping satellite showing the Maine coast and North Dakota farmland in incredible detail.

The highest rock wall in the Alps—the Monte Rosa East Face on the border between Italy and Switzerland—has for the first time been surveyed three-dimensionally with high precision. An international ...

NASA’s Carruthers mission will capture the first full images of Earth’s exosphere, helping protect astronauts and guide the search for life.

When you look at your weather forecast app, you might take for granted the complexity that lies beneath the simple icon of a sun or a cloud. In reality, that simple icon is the result of a hidden ...

Cities across the U.S. are combining art with shade to shield people from rising temperatures and educate them about our warming world.