There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope ...

P erihelion – or the Earth's closest approach to our host star – will take place on January 3, 2026. At this point, our ...

A predictive space weather model developed by APL and partners that is designed to simulate how solar storms affect Earth is now widely available to researchers and the broader public.

When the International Space Station plunges to its fiery doom in 2030, its loss to science will be incalculable, even if it remains an open question as to whether its successes matched humanity's ...

Earth's relationship with space is much more complex than it used to be. Space around our planet was thought to be influenced ...

On May 10, 2024, the strongest solar storm in 20 years sparked auroras on Earth that were visible as far south as Florida. It also created two new bands of radiation around the planet, researchers ...

Space technology on Earth has gone from futuristic to foundational in our everyday lives. From satellite innovations that enable global communication to space science applications improving ...

NASA’s TRACERS mission begins early science measurements in Earth’s southern polar cusp, tracking magnetic reconnection and ...

This means that the lunar regolith could still hold a very long-term record of Earth's atmospheric history, which in turn ...

From an interstellar comet to breathtaking auroras and from brand-new rockets to iconic space telescopes, here are some of our favorite images from the cosmos in 2025 ...

Earth is taking in more energy than it releases back to space—a growing "energy imbalance" that is fueling global warming. A ...