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A new space mission will measure how much heat gets trapped in Earth's atmosphere to help gauge whether humankind makes any progress in tackling the fast progressing climate change.

Corn is one of the world's most important crops but it may soon take a hit from the progressing climate change, throwing global food security into turmoil, a new study by NASA found.

Last month, Hubble suffered a problem with its internal communications, sending its five science instruments into safe mode. The Hubble team just brought one of those instruments back online.

Much of the critical data used to track climate change and its impact on Earth is collected by satellites in space. But all that data needs to be better analyzed in order to better cope with the climate crisis, said Elle...

Thousands of alien worlds are known to orbit stars beyond our solar system. And many more worlds, possibly harboring life, lie waiting to be discovered. A new astronomical instrument called NEID, the NN-explore Exoplanet...

SpaceX's Crew-2 Dragon astronauts departed the International Space Station for an eight-hour trip back to Earth on Monday (Nov. 8).

Mars is still quite mysterious, despite all we’ve learned about the planet in recent years. We still have a lot to learn about its interior and surface evolution and how changes affected the planet’s history and habi...

The moon was exposed to a heavy bombardment of asteroids 3.9 billion years ago. The origin of this bombardment, however, was previously unclear. Planetologists at Münster University have now tested these hypotheses with...

Four astronauts in orbit since spring headed back to Earth on Monday, aiming for a late night splashdown off the Florida coast.

In a recent study, an international team of astronomers directly measured the atmospheric composition of a hot Jupiter hundreds of light years away. The post Astronomers Measure the Atmosphere on a Planet Hundreds of Lig...

The U.S. Space Force needs better space situational awareness to understand what rivals are doing in orbit, said Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno at the ASCEND 2021 conference. SpaceNews

NASA may be homing in on the glitch that kept a massive solar array on its new asteroid-bound spacecraft from properly deploying.

Good news, future Mars' explorers! When humans set up camp on the Red Planet, they will be able to flavor their foods with a Mars-grown version of Earth's best-selling red condiment.

Four astronauts were preparing to leave the International Space Station and head back to Earth on Monday after spending six busy months aboard the orbital outpost.

The popular streaming service offers countless hours of sci-fi content and is now only $1.99 for the first month to celebrate Disney Plus Day.

Every astrophotographer should have one of the best tripods in their kit bag - here are our favorites.

Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, Indian astronomers have inspected a nearby galaxy cluster known as Abell 1569. Results of the study, published October 29 on arXiv.org, deliver important insights into th...

With new moves into space, there is the risk that we will take our Earthbound cyber vulnerabilities with us into orbit. SpaceNews

From panoramas to close-ups, from 3D maps to a wheel selfie, the Earth-bound twin of ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover is testing the wide range of photo settings that will deliver the greatest science possible during the Ex...

Just as human beings and all other living things exist in a vast number of forms thanks to their genetic makeup, so different types of planets occur due to the chemical processes at work in the dusty regions surrounding ...

Landsat 9, a joint mission between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that launched Sept. 27, 2021, has collected its first light images of Earth.

When was the last time an asteroid hit Earth? Small asteroids and other tiny particles bombard our planet daily, but almost all of them burn up safely in the atmosphere.