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A new NASA website shows just how the agency's Earth observation data helps communities across the United States deal with climate change, disasters and environmental challenges.

NASA is celebrating Earth Day today (April 22) by sharing some really incredible photos of Earth from satellites, aircraft and deep-space missions.

Ancient peoples had no light pollution, and they knew the night skies very well. In fact, they depends on them to know when to plant and when to harvest. Today Pamela talks about the archeoastronomical sites of the Ameri...

And you thought unpredictable spring temperatures were annoying: On Saturn's moon Titan, chilly polar vortex periods can last to the summer solstice.

The accident is likely to significantly delay the company’s plans for crewed launches --

A new limited-edition, collectible pen is embedded with a piece of the history it helped write.

SpaceX's upcoming cargo launch is still on track after a recent anomaly during a test of their Crew Dragon capsule.

Whether they're idyllic floating cotton balls on an otherwise blue sky or ominous grey swirls that block the sun, clouds all begin as an invisible dot of water vapor....

It’s that time again! This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Pamela Hoffman at the Everyday Spacer blog.

An explosion that may have destroyed a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft during an engine test on April 20 could push back NASA's plans to begin launching astronauts from U.S. soil this summer.

After its capture this morning at 5:28 a.m. EDT, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft was bolted into place on the International Space Station's Earth-facing port of the Unity module at 7:31 a.m. At the time of install...

SpaceX has suffered a serious setback in its effort to launch NASA astronauts into orbit this year, with the fiery loss of its first crew capsule.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

Incoming asteroids have been scarring our home planet for billions of years. This month humankind left our own mark on an asteroid for the first time: Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft dropped a copper projectile at very high...

Astronomers aren't sure how this galaxy ended up with its long, gassy appendages, but NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope is going to investigate.

Disney+'s Cassian Andor series will bring back K-2SO.

All four known forces of nature have their own unique place -- and the strong nuclear force governs the very small.

The waning gibbous moon will soon visit the two largest gas giants of our solar system.

Everyone sees their own rainbow, and the number of colors in yours may be different from mine.

Astronomers are almost ready to declare the winner of a decades-old planetary race.

Incoming asteroids have been scarring our home planet for billions of years. This month humankind left our own mark on an asteroid for the first time: Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft dropped a copper projectile at very high...

(Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)) Four years ago, an international team (USA, Japan and Europe) carried out an unprecedented suborbital space experiment called CLASP-1, motivated by theoretical investigations...