Space is full of strange and fascinating phenomena that often outdo science fiction. Here are some bite-sized facts about our cosmos and beyond. The Moon isn’t round, it’s lemon-shaped, with bulging ...

Ah, Earth. We may not think about our planet on a day-to-day basis, but the world we live in is a pretty interesting place. The third rock from the Sun—and to this day, the only one with known ...

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...

NISAR is "the most sophisticated radar we have ever built." A joint Earth-observing satellite from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and NASA is ready for launch. A Geosynchronous ...

This striking satellite photo shows 10 swirling "dark voids" that appeared above an uninhabited volcanic island in the Indian Ocean. The black spots are the result of atmospheric cloud vortices, but ...

We've deployed so many satellites into space over the last few decades that we now have a massive orbital junk problem. The European Space Agency (ESA) noted in its Annual Space Environment Report ...

SpaceX launched a new Earth-observation satellite along with several smaller spacecraft from California on Tuesday (Aug. 26). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying Luxembourg's National Advanced Optical System ...