This 2013 astronaut photo shows a giant eye-shaped impact crater in the Sahara Desert that is slowly being circled by ...

Garneau would be part of three off-world missions in his career as an astronaut before eventually touching down in the House ...

On Earth, the magnetic field of our planet points a compass north, but in space, things are a bit more complicated.

Humanity's exploration of outer space continues to unveil astonishing discoveries that challenge our understanding of the ...

Images taken from outer space have often been deployed by well-wishers of Planet Earth. The idea is to present the great blue ball as a marvel, unique for hosting life in an inhospitable universe.

Earth's orbit is getting crowded with junk. And that's becoming a major problem. Starting with Sputnik I in 1957, humanity ...

Outer space, once considered boundless and untouched, faces the threat of pollution resulting from our expanding presence beyond Earth. While the u ...

"The configuration that we end up with within the solar system is definitely not something that is indeed common," Chen told ...

Miles of air cover Earth. The boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space, the Kármán line, is about 62 miles (100 kilometers) above the planet's surface. However, about 99.9% of the mass of ...

Gazing out the window of a rocket at Earth’s glistening blue perimeter, Emily Calandrelli’s mind was likely far from away ...