From left to right, the named land masses are Bowe ... feature when viewed from space. "For astronauts, this is one of the most recognizable points on the planet," NASA representatives wrote.

The alien light show — snapped after the Red Planet ... "will be visible to future astronauts," the researchers wrote. Related: 32 stunning photos of auroras seen from space The new photo ...

What space experts will be monitoring over the coming weeks is whether sunspot region AR4046 will remain active as it aligns with Earth, potentially directing solar events toward the planet.

Each cloud represents in visible form (due to water droplets) a rising column of air,” the Earth ... the planet’s atmosphere. Launched in 1972, the Kosmos 482 mission was intended to land ...

So, with that, here's Part 1 of "A Year on Planet Earth": Although there are no signs that volcanic activity is increasing ... making for a dramatic view from space — as seen in this image from a ...

former Soviet spacecraft that has been orbiting the Earth for over 50 years is about ... a daily resource for information about space and our planet, the former Soviet Union launched Kosmos ...

An asteroid gaining notoriety for its potential to collide with Earth in 2032 was estimated Tuesday to have roughly a 3% chance of striking our planet ... land when NASA and the European Space ...

We’ve all heard of space debris that sometimes falls back to Earth. But the next hunk of space junk set to crash-land on our planet is a ... If the re-entry is visible overhead, it may look ...

A Soviet spacecraft that has been circling Earth ... over land at all, since it was built to withstand rapid acceleration, extreme heat and high pressure, most of it could reach the planet ...