Pope Leo visited the Vatican’s internationally-recognized observatory, called the Specola Vaticana, where he was able to look ...

American astronaut Don Pettit has shared a video of the elusive flamingo pink aurora filmed from the International Space Station looking out onto Earth. In a vibrant atomic oxygen light show, the ISS ...

Buzz Aldrin pays tribute to the Apollo 11 mission on its anniversary, invoking Kennedy's famous speech and expressing ...

While terrifying, there's an overlooked NASA spacewalk which looks equally terrifying to untrained Earth-dwellers. In 1984, astronaut Dale Gardner and Joseph Allen flew untethered to recover two ...

Ultimately, the laser pistol’s practicality was limited by its low power, the fragility of space environments, and the unlikelihood of astronaut-on-astronaut combat.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private spaceflight featuring the first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and ...

The lunar environment poses unique visual hazards. Astronauts face intense ultraviolet radiation, sharp temperature swings, and abrasive lunar dust – all while needing to maintain clear ...

After 50 years designing sports performance eyewear for athletes on Earth, Oakley has made its first steps into optical ...

Earth has rarely looked as remarkable as it does in this stunning shot (above) captured by NASA astronaut Don Pettit from the ...

NASA Astronaut Captures Stunning 'Sprite' Light Show Above Earth's Atmosphere Sprites are a type of TLE, which create brilliant flashes of light high above powerful thunderstorms and are difficult ...

Astronaut captures stunning pillar of light bolting into Earth from space From their unique vantage point in orbit, astronauts have a clear, unobstructed view of these fleeting events—something rarely ...

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station has shared a striking photo of what is known as a Transient Luminous Event seen above a thunderstorm over Mexico and the Desert Southwest ...