The image was taken by GOES-19, the newest in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite series operated by NOAA.

The view of Earth from space is famously familiar—bright blue ocean, swirling gyres of white clouds, touches of terrestrial ...

When the balance in reflectivity shifts, “the whole circulation of the climate will shift in order to transport energy from ...

Kepler-452b is one of the most Earth-like planets ever discovered, orbiting a star much like our Sun. Located over 1,400 ...

Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on ...

A rogue visitor from deep space, Comet 3I/ATLAS, has put NASA on alert after its trajectory and behaviour shifted ...

A camera aboard India’s Aditya-L1 spacecraft captured the Earth and moon. The spacecraft launched atop a PSLV rocket. Credit: ...

Quasi-moons are not real moons and don't actually orbit the Earth, although they sometimes appear to do so for short periods of time, Phil Nicholson, professor of astronomy at Cornell University, told ...

That’s the compelling argument made by Caleb Scharf—author and senior scientist for astrobiology at NASA Ames Research in ...

Just in time for Hallowe'en in 2024, Hubble and JWST captured an image of two interacting spiral galaxies — IC 2163 and NGC ...

NASA has confirmed that Earth has a second moon, 2025 PN7, a small asteroid co-orbiting with our planet until 2083.

Potentially the largest and brightest supermoon of 2025 will rise in early November. Here's how to view it in Illinois.