New ways to measure thawing permafrost could help us understand its potential impacts on infrastructure, military outposts, ...

A 2017 satellite photo shows the stark contrast along the boundary between a giant field of golden "star dunes" and a barren ...

The International Space Station, at 250 miles above Earth, can see some of the world's most spectacular landmarks, both ...

"If there is a space race, China's already winning it, and could win it dramatically in the next few decades." ...

See the epic view of the moon and Earth captured by the Orion spacecraft ahead of its outbound powered flyby. Credit: NASA / ...

From Earth, the International Space Station will look like bright, fast moving, dot in the sky. The International Space ...

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

But how realistic are the new aliens? That's a question that we – a trio of scientists who are also great fans of the ...

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

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of ...

Buried deep in Greenland's ice sheet lies a puzzling chemical signature that has sparked intense scientific debate.

Jacob Payne, a graduate student and research assistant at the University of Iowa’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, ...