Category: earth

The astronaut was able to capture the lake reflecting direct sunlight at the camera.

In the latest attack on science by the Trump administration, researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center will no longer receive data from a fleet of military satellites.

Humans have used the stars to navigate, keep time, and understand our place in the universe.

Earth is at its farthest point from the sun on July 3. So why are temperatures so high across the U.S.?

A plume of molten rock deep beneath eastern Africa is pulsing upward in rhythmic surges, slowly splitting the continent and potentially marking the birth of a new ocean, a new study reports.

Muon Space released the first images from its new wildfire detection satellite, FireSat.

The World Meteorological Organization maintains a list of 21 hurricane names for each year. In especially busy years, a supplemental list is used.

National Science Foundation employees were told they'll be removed from the agency's headquarters on Tuesday (June 24) with no direction yet for where to go.

New images from ESA's Biomass satellite reveal forests, volcanoes, deserts and glaciers in striking detail, hinting at what's still to come.

Researchers created a satellite tracking system to track satellite streaks across the Arctic for the first time ever.