Researchers expected to find "a gradual increase in artificial light at night," but instead saw "much more nuanced patterns," ...

Don’t look up! But if you do, you might be able to see a bus-sized asteroid passing Earth. The newly discovered space rock is ...

Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2 will safely pass just 90,000 km above Earth on 18 May, offering astronomers a rare and ...

Maps can show more than just where things are—they can also show how things change. New maps of artificial light reveal a ...

While making history on the first human moon mission in more than 50 years, the Artemis 2 astronauts captured incredible pictures of our home planet.

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to ...

Called bernwoodite, it’s one of two new minerals Korolev and his adviser at the AMNH, Kate Kiseeva, and their colleagues ...

People on the ground in the Eastern Hemisphere will be able to observe the asteroid with their own eyes, weather permitting, according to NASA.

Earth Day is celebrated one each spring to promote environmental protection and awareness. Celebrating its 56th year, this year's Earth Day theme, "Our Power, Our Planet," calls for people worldwide ...

A blurry new photo captured by the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia shows Artemis II's Orion capsule circling the moon ...