Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida ...

NASA Earth Science helps Americans respond to challenges and societal needs — such as wildland fires, hurricanes, and water supplies for farming — by putting actionable satellite information into the ...

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Jan. 16, 2025 — Previous studies have posited that the mass extinction that wiped the dinosaurs off the face of the Earth was caused by the release of large volumes of sulfur from rocks within ...

In the coming days, we can observe one of the most spectacular astronomical events. Asteroid 887 Alinda, with a diameter of ...

Such an object with less than 0.25 eccentricity (a roughly circular orbit), therefore, would have an average altitude of 2,042 km (1,269 mi). The ISS is in a low Earth orbit. Credit: NASA Despite ...

Perihelion is when Earth is closest to the Sun, happening between January 2 and 4. In 2025, it will occur on January 4 at 8:28 am EST. The Northern He ...

Earth" and a massive outer planet, revealing insights into extreme planetary evolution. An international research team, led ...

From a telescope network that spans much of the globe to a psychology study that spans 67 countries, here are the biggest science experiments ... times and then between Earth and the moon another ...

The new model shows blobs within Earth's mantle where seismic waves travel slower than usual (blue), which suggests they may be subducted slab chunks. (Image credit: Sebastian Noe/ETH Zurich ...