NASA explains that auroras form when charged particles from the Sun collide with gases in Earth’s atmosphere, guided by the ...

The first false-color image from ESA's newly operational Biomass satellite shows off a unique perspective of the rainforests, grasslands and wetlands surrounding a winding river in Bolivia.

Astronauts who see Earth from space often experience the overview effect, a profound shift in perspective that reveals the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Earth is getting darker; the planet itself, when viewed from space, appears darker than it did in the past. The upper half actually appears to be getting darker than the bottom ...

Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up ...

Spotting Earth-like planets is nearly impossible with conventional telescopes, but researchers propose a bold fix: a rectangular design that can separate a planet’s faint glow from its blinding star.

A 2020 astronaut photo shows the oasis town of Jubbah lurking within a paleolake in the wind shadow of Saudi Arabia's "two ...

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