Asteroids are space rocks that can range in size from dust particles to over 500 miles in diameter. There are several small groups of them in or near Earth’s solar orbit, including the Apollo Group, ...

There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope, reside in low Earth orbit, or LEO, which tops out at about 1,200 miles (2 ...

The asteroid was discovered on May 10 by astronomers with the Mount Lemmon Survey, an astronomical project based in Arizona’s ...

Alexander Kefalopoulos, a junior student from Canyon Crest Academy, has been selected for the prestigious NASA STEM ...

As just one of all the living creatures on Earth, you're along for the ride as our planet constantly moves in two major ways. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Shelli Brunswick is CEO & Founder of SB Global LLC and an international keynote speaker on tech used for the betterment of humanity. NASA’s 2025 Spinoff report highlights a profound truth: Space ...

Look up on a clear night and you'll see the streaks of our new space age. What you don't see is the growing fallout for the atmosphere that keeps us alive. A wave of satellite launches and reentries ...

A large Hyperwall—a giant video screen used to display NASA’s Earth Information Center data—will be the centerpiece of “NASA’s Earth Information Center at the National Museum of Natural History.” ...

Life on the International Space Station may feel distant, but columnist Graham Lawton finds that studying how astronauts ...

The new EPiC (Engineered Plants in Culture) project at UC Davis will explore technology for growing plants and plant tissues in bioreactors with minimal use of resources. The technology could be used ...

The International Space Station has been in orbit for more than 25 years. Here's how to regularly spot the outpost from Earth.

"Venus is certainly a good example of one extremity of the greenhouse effect run amok." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There is ...