There's a lot up there, zooming around in low-Earth orbit (LEO). "LEO is an orbital space junk yard," NASA explains. "There are millions of pieces of space junk flying in LEO. Most orbital debris ...

A team of NASA scientists detected the ambipolar electric field for the first time with a suborbital rocket 150 miles above Earth’s atmosphere, the space agency said. The ambipolar electric ...

America and Russia may be antagonists on Earth, but in space astronauts and cosmonauts enjoy a cordial, collaborative ...

Nasa has streamed an ultra high-definition video of a cat back to Earth from the depths of space. The 15-second clip of Taters the cat was sent via laser - and fittingly shows it chasing a laser beam.

On Sept. 24, 2023, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission made U.S. history by returning samples of the asteroid Bennu to Earth after seven years in deep space. NASA is just one week away from the epic landing ...

For decades, satellites passing over Earth's north and south poles have experienced a flow of ions from the upper atmosphere into space. Dubbed the 'polar wind', the source of this flow had eluded ...

NASA astronaut Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams is set to make a call back to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 13, alongside fellow astronaut Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore.

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election Nasa has unfurled a solar sail in space for the first ...

NASA scientists have discovered an electric field encompassing Earth’s atmosphere that is as “fundamental” as gravity — and ...

The Starliner spacecraft is set to return to Earth from the International Space Station without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. A NASA astronaut captured this stunning timelapse of an ...