Viewed from space, Earth at night tells endless stories. Using satellite data, we can track population growth, natural disaster damage, cultural celebrations, and even space weather.

A late-night sonic boom jolted residents across Los Angeles on Saturday, as a SpaceX Dragon capsule made its return to Earth. Around 10:45 p.m., startled Angelenos reported a loud explosion-like ...

During the podcast, Massimino spoke about how breathtaking India appears when viewed from space. Allahbadia later shared a ...

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Venus reaches its highest altitude above the eastern horizon in 2025 on Aug. 1. Venus will reach its highest altitude in the ...

A partnership with the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance and satellite manufacturer Muon Space is giving Google a better shot at tracking wildfires—and using AI to process all the data being collected.

Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who has ventured to space four times, returned to Earth on Saturday night from the International Space Station. Pettit, who turned 70 on Sunday, landed at 9:20 ...

Resilience, a lunar lander built and operated by the Japanese company ispace, was part of the Hakuto-R Mission to deploy a "Moonhouse," a tiny colorful art piece, on the moon, while also exploring ...

NASA astronauts on International Space Station capture images of lightning from space The images McClain and Ayers shared show electrostatic discharges – in other words, lightning – from above ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in Florida in 2021. Closer to Earth, climate scientists know that soot settles on ice caps and mountain glaciers that top out at roughly 4,500 meters (15,000 feet).

NASA astronauts on ISS capture images of lightning from space The images McClain and Ayers shared show electrostatic discharges – in other words, lightning – from above the clouds as they ...

Expedition 73 flight engineer Nichole Ayers captured this "sprite," a transient luminous event occurring above the clouds while photographing Earth at night from aboard the International Space ...