An astronaut has captured jaw-dropping pictures of cities from space. American spaceman Don Pettit picks out the bright lights of urban areas from 257 miles up on the International Space Station.

Space can be a wondrous place, and we've got the pictures to prove it! Take a look at our favorite space ... as the vehicle climbed high into Earth's atmosphere, giving Haven-1 a view of a ride ...

Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth. An ambitious ... provides a comprehensive look at the region's biodiversity, or life systems.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has shared a spectacular image of Dubai’s iconic Burj Khalifa during the night time from space. While on a mission in space, the astronaut captured the world’s tallest ...

An ambitious, multinational research project co-led by the University at Buffalo has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity can be monitored and measured from space ... look at the region's ...

Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes it is just a sliver of silvery light. These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth ...

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun If you’ve ever done any public outreach work for astronomy—if you’ve given ...

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A recently spotted space rock has suddenly climbed atop astronomers’ threat lists. As of February 7, NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object ... Below is a quick look at the risk of 2024 YR4 ...

This is because scientists want to study exactly how the lake's ecosystem has rebounded from the disaster, according to Earth Observatory. Researchers are particularly interested in a raft of ...