Thunderstorms are fascinating to observe from the ground, but seeing one from outer space is even more spectacular. The image below, which shows the anvil of a thunderstorm, was on Tuesday. Peakeis a flight engineer for the European Space Agency, and he snapped this stunning photo on May 28from the International Space Station (ISS), where he has. The anvil is the flat top of a cumulonimbus (thunderstorm) cloud, which stands out remarkably in this photo. Pictured here is the anvil...

Just when scientists thought they had an understanding of the inner workings of the cosmos, it throws them for another loop. A team of astronomers have calculated that , according to therelease from NASA. If their new findings are correct, then science’s basic understanding of what’s been going on in the universe for the past 13.8 billion years could be inaccurate. Their findings were released in a study Thursday. "This surprising finding may be an important clue to understanding those...

The Rosetta Spacecraft took an intimate Valentine's Day photo series of Comet 67P. (ESA/Rosetta/NavCam) Comets may often experience repeated cycles of destruction and reformation, spinning fast enough to break up but then reforming as their separate pieces slowly coalesce over time, a new study finds. This finding could help explain the odd shapes of many comets imaged so far, researchers say. Comets are clumps of ice and rock that generate long tails as their orbits bring them near the sun....