The study published on Nature.com highlights the threat growing space exploration can cause humanity back on Earth ...

When exploring outer space, the sharpness of our vision has always been limited by Earth’s atmosphere and the physical size of our telescopes. But astronomers shattered these limitations in 2024 by ...

Scientists are not sure how much metallic dust remained in the atmosphere after the most recent SpaceX rocket 'disassembly.' ...

Yuri Shprits, a space scientist at the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, is on a mission to save our planet.

Japanese scientists have created the first-ever long-term dataset about Earth's entire atmosphere, stretching all the way to space. They hope the project will help shed light on some little ...

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an ...

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...

The X-15 is the only conventional aircraft that has ever been flown above the “Karman Line” separating the Earth’s atmosphere from space.

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.

It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, right on the edge of Earth's atmosphere. High in the skies of Earth, a new space race is underway. Here, just above the boundary where ...

With HiT&MiS deployed in Sweden, physics Ph.D. student Charmi Patel '24 will use it to monitor the northern lights, as seen ...