From thunderstorm sprites to volcanic plumes, and city lights to meteors, the world appears a different place from 250 miles (400 kilometers) up.

Laura Barron-Lopez: Mankind's trash litters our planet from local parks to the depths of the ocean. But it's not just on Earth. Debris from everything we've launched into space since the 1950s is ...

Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is making the most of it. An image from the Hubble Space Telescope ...

Human-made debris left behind in outer space is a growing problem down on Earth From defunct satellites to rocket parts, debris from everything humans have launched into space since the 1950s is ...

NASA astronauts on International Space Station capture images of lightning from space. The images McClain and Ayers shared show electrostatic discharges – in other words, lightning – from ...

NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain were the latest to share images of lightning as seen from 250 miles above Earth.

T he outer space around the Earth is already pretty crowded. Now, tech firms are racing to add more. There are already thousands of satellites hurdling around the Earth in low orbit - many of them ...

Climate change may drive millions of species to extinction 21:52. Plants and animals are dying off at an unprecedented rate on Earth. Some scientists are looking to outer space for a solution. The ...

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the two astronauts stranded in space since June, are preparing to spend Christmas in space, and Williams posed for a festive photograph ahead of the holidays in an ...