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Four astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton
Four astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton.
Life on Mars? Microbial life may exist in Martian frozen water pools, study finds
A new study found there is potential for photosynthesis on Mars, where snow and ice shields ultraviolet radiation at mid-latitudes.
Orionid meteor shower brings dazzling sky show this weekend — here's when to catch it
The annual event normally lasts from about Oct. 16 to 26 with some appearing as early as the start of October.Â
'Really cool' comet on 81,000-year trip toward Earth has finally arrived — here's how to see it
And you thought your commute was long.
Huge landslide unleashed 'mega-tsunami' that caused Earth to vibrate for nine days
A massive landslide triggered by climate change unleashed a 650-foot "mega-tsunami" that caused Earth to vibrate for nine days.
Asteroid about the size of 2 football fields to make close approach to Earth in September
The asteroid will zoom past Earth from just about 620,000 miles, or about 2.6 times the distance between Earth and the Moon, making its flyby from a close but safe...
Over 2 million pounds of space debris caused by NASA mission may create first human-made meteor shower
The rocky debris caused by a NASA mission could create the first human-made meteor shower.
NASA makes bombshell discovery about Earth -- and it may give clues about life on other planets
NASA scientists have discovered an electric field encompassing Earth’s atmosphere that is as "fundamental" as gravity -- and could even give clues about possible life on other planets.
Asteroid debris from NASA crash could bring a 'beautiful, luminous' light show over Earth
A 2022 NASA mission saw one of the agency's spacecraft deliberately collide with a small moonlet named Dimorphos — and debris is now floating through the skies.
The moon is not just gray, new images show: 'Real color differences'
New spaceship images show that the moon is way more than just shades of gray — instead, the orbital rock was observed to show tints of both blue and red...
'Star Trek' icon William Shatner jokes that Earth is flat and people live on the sun in odd interview
William Shatner discussed the impact of climate change and declared "we're all gonna die."
Lightning sparked all of life on Earth, say Harvard scientists: 'One of the great unanswered questions'
The scientific community has been electrified by this new theory.
'Airplane-sized' asteroids will zoom close to Earth today — and it's just one of 'uncomfortably' close flybys coming
We will rock you. On Tuesday, three "airplane" sized asteroids will be shooting by the planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The first is an 84-foot one that will...
Animal life on Earth may be 1.5B years older than we thought: new research
Newly discovered fossil records hint that mold-like unicellular organisms — the common ancestor to all complex life on our planet — arrived over a billion years earlier than previous estimates.
Astrophotographer captures jaw-dropping view of 236,000 mile-high wall of Sun plasma
An astrophotographer has captured a jaw-dropping 236,000 mile-high wall of Sun plasma.
Cause of rare 'polar rain' aurora seen from Earth for first time in 2022 revealed
Dwindling solar winds allowed "an intense flux of electrons" to reach the atmosphere, creating the polar rain aurora.
‘Planet Killer’ asteroid will be one of the closest asteroids to plunge past planet Earth this year
The United Nations has designated June 30 as International Asteroid Day.
The Earth's inner core is 'backtracking' — here's how it might impact daily life
The wheel of time isn't turning like it used to.
Sex-crazed zombie cicadas on speed: Scientists track a bug-controlling super-sized fungus
With their bulging red eyes and their alien-like mating sound, periodical cicadas can seem scary and weird enough. But some of them really are sex-crazed zombies on speed, hijacked by...
'Not done yet!' Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in almost 2 decades -- just days after solar storms hit Earth
The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places.