The Earth is getting darker due to decreased aerosol pollution, melting sea ice, and reduced cloud cover, causing it to ...

Earth's Dynamic Magnetic Fortress Our magnetosphere plays the role of gatekeeper, repelling unwanted energy that's harmful to ...

Many scientists call Jupiter the architect of the solar system because its immense gravity influenced the orbits of other ...

Jupiter was shaping Earth's fate before our planet even existed, carving gaps in the early solar system that kept its ...

The weak spot, known as the South Atlantic Anomaly, was identified in the 19th century and expanded in recent years.

By capturing the same thing from very different perspectives, a NASA astronaut and an intrepid photographer create a whole ...

Space is dirty. Filthy. It's littered with asteroids, and rocks, and dust. Some of that material falls to the earth. When it enters the atmosphere, we call it a meteor. If it lands, it's a meteorite.

An enormous asteroid is approaching Earth at 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The ...

Every year, we shoot several thousand satellites and other objects out into space. When satellites die, they become space ...

Three billion years ago, a sun -like star reached the end of its life, throwing off its outer layers following its red giant ...

The mysterious object was on fire and lying in the middle of a remote dirt road in Western Australia's Pilbara region when ...

Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located about 145 ...