These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 ...

The second stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket captured an amazing view of Earth during the launch of the Intelsat 40e ...

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, we detected more than 7000 of them in our Galaxy. But there are still billions more to be discovered! At the same time, exoplanetologists have ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the satellites we use for navigation, communication and Earth observation every ...

To see Earth from space is to be forever changed by the view. Since Alan Shepard became the first American to lay eyes on our ...

As an astronomer studying the universe beyond Earth, I’m fond of “outside the box” views almost by default. But one of my favorites is whenever a spacecraft takes a snapshot of our home world and the ...

Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster here than in neighboring regions of the universe, astronomers say. Their theory is a ...

This video shows the habitable zone around the star HD 20794 (in green) and the trajectory of the three planets in the system. Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, we detected more ...