Stunning time-lapse video from the International Space Station shows lightning from a nighttime storm in California. ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this view of Earth as a point of light between the icy rings of Saturn on April 12, 2017. (NASA) Perspective is everything. NASA recently released , and our planet looks like littlemore than a tiny spot of lightbetween the icy rings of Saturn. According to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages the mission, the image capturedApril 12 was taken some 870 million miles from our planet. While it's impossible to see on the image, the...

The photo above is an artist's rendition of space debris collecting and colliding around a planet. (European Space Agency) Thousands of pieces of debris that have the power tohit and break a space shuttle window orbit ourplanet. These broken bitsof old satellites are a problem, and scientists say this issue will only continue to get worse. , where they can potentially crash into each other, the Washington Post reported. The debris is moving at roughly 25,000 mph, so when they...

The image above shows the gravitationally lensed iPTF16geu Type Ia supernova. (W.M. Keck Observatory) For the first time, a team of researchers has witnessed the cosmic magnification of a Type Ia supernova, which could allow them to calculate the rate at which the universe is expanding. and astronomers frequently use them to measure how fast the universe is spreading, as well as its amount of dark energy, according to a release on the discovery. In a recent study, the scientists...

At a Glance A group of citizen scientists discovered a new type of aurora, which they have named "Steve."Steve appears in the sky as a ribbon of purple light, which is unusual for this type of atmospheric phenomenon.Researchers are still examining Steve to find out what exactly it is. A new type of aurora has been discovered dancing in the sky thanks tocitizen scientists who shared photos of the phenomenon on Facebook. One photo showed that members of the Alberta...

Circled is the plane flying over Mainz, Germany, April 26, 2017. (Thomas Pesquet/International Space Station) From its orbit of more than , the International Space Station (ISS) spotted a jumbo jet cruising over Europe on Wednesday. ,who is on a six-month mission aboard the ISS shows the four-engine aircraft over Mainz, Germany. You can see the plane in the circle weather.com hasadded tohis photograph above. Trailing behind the plane are its contrails which show upeasily in contrast to the waters...

An icy planet found orbiting a star at the same distance Earth orbits the sun is the latest discovery in scientists' quest to understand planetary systems outside of our own. The planet, named , but that and its distance from its star is where the similarities stop, according to a release on the discovery. Because its star is so faint, the planet is likely too cold to accommodate life as we know it. "This 'iceball' planet is the lowest-mass planet...

The planet's massive hurricane is seen in this image captured by the Cassini spacecraft. (NASA) At a Glance The Cassini spacecraft has sent back images taken after it dove between Saturn and its rings.It was the first time the spacecraft has ever been between the planet and its rings.NASA plans to do 22 more such dives before the spacecraft's mission ends Sept. 15. For the first time ever, a spacecraft has made it between Saturn and its rings, and NASA...

The successful March 25 ground test of the Peregrine hybrid rocket, which uses a new fuel comprised of laughing gas and the same ingredient found in crayons. (NASA) In what may come as a surprise, a new rocket fuel invented by NASA and Stanford University is made from laughing gas and an ingredient found in crayons. According to a NASA , the fuel, which passed its final ground test March 25, is composed of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing...

Time-lapse photography aboard the International Space Station captures gorgeous aurora images along with lightning down on Earth. ...

A SpaceX rocket carried a classified satellite into space, and then the booster returned successfully to earth. ...

A shooting star flies over Veiga, Galicia, Spain. (Carlos Fernandez/Getty Images) It's only a little more than three months before parts of America are treated to the celestial event of the past four decades, the .Until then, skygazers will have much to marvel at in May's night sky. This month you can expect theflower moon, a meteor shower and the new moon supermoon. For thosewith binoculars or a telescope, there are other interesting things to see. Eta-Aquariid Meteor Shower...