China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples.

China's Tianwen-2 probe has commenced its decade-long deep space mission, capturing a stunning image of Earth and the Moon from 590,000 kilometers awa ...

The name “buck moon” is in reference to male deer, or bucks, which start to rapidly grow their antlers this time of year.

Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (Shux), who returned from his Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station on July 1.

Our tiny blue planet has been immortalized in breathtaking images captured from the far reaches of space. These photographs, ...

July 22 will be the second-shortest day of the year, as Earth completes a full rotation in less time than usual.

Earth has been spinning faster for the past few years — a trend that could lead the world’s timekeeping institutions to take ...

Watch teen’s emotional reaction seeing herself with hair for the first time ...

China's first asteroid sample-return mission, the 2nd in the Tianwen series, will reach Kamo'oalewa in July 2026. The probe will map the asteroid, collect samples, and carry them back to Earth in a ...

Mercury is notoriously difficult to see from Earth, thanks to its proximity to the Sun. But on July 4, Mercury reaches its ...

For years, however, the Earth has been spinning faster, making days shorter, though scientists aren’t 100% sure why. Earth ...

Beyond their scientific value, these tiny satellites may also hold commercial potential. Because they briefly orbit close to Earth, minimoons could become attractive targets for space mining.