Lockheed Martin and the NOAA GOES-16 weather satellite shows the powerful storm system over the United States from April 28 and 29, with massive clouds and multiple lightning flashes. ...

NASA finds a giant gas “tsunami” in space -- twice the size of our Milky Way galaxy. ...

At a Glance Physicist Stephen Hawking has said he believes humans will need to find a new home within 100 years.This summer, Hawking will present his theory in a BBC documentary. Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has long held thathumans only have 100 years to find a new planet. This summer, he will present his theory in a BBC documentary. According to the BBC, the documentary"" will air as part of its Tomorrow’s World season and will explore Hawking's theory that...

Producer Jennifer Willen describes how a mysterious U.S. space plane ended a two-year mission when it landed with a sonic boom at Cape Canaveral. ...

An artist’s rendering of a solar storm hitting Mars and stripping ions from the planet's upper atmosphere. (NASA/GSFC) Mars has been difficult for astronomers to research, but a recent study suggests that an artificial magnetic field may allow us to come closer to the planet than we ever thought possible. “This may sound ‘fanciful’ but new research is starting to emerge revealing that ,” researchers wrote in a recent NASA study. “This new research is coming about due to the...

An artist's illustration of the distant “warm Neptune” HAT-P-26b. (NASA/GSFC) The study of a warm, Neptune-sized exoplanet with a water-laden atmosphere has revealed a few surprises for astronomers. According to a , astronomers using the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes say exoplanetHAT-P-26b possesses water signatures but far less than expected when compared to thegas giants in our own solar system. This suggests, the scientists say, that the composition of the planet'satmosphere is the original hydrogen-helium mixture from which it was formed....

A gorgeous video of the aurora borealis is transmitted from the International Space Station. ...

Because of their orbits, Jupiter seems to be close to Earth’s moon in the night sky. ...

At a Glance NASA analyzed a request by the Trump administration to send humans on its first EM-1 mission past the moon.The agency denied the request, citing cost, risk and time factors. NASA will not be sending humans on the inaugural launch of its new rocket system as requested by the Trump administration, officials have announced. Robert M. Lightfoot Jr., the acting NASA administrator, said President Donald Trump's request to send humans on the voyage of the new Space Launch...

NASA has turned down a request by President Trump to include astronauts on the upcoming inaugural launch of the Exploration Mission-1. ...

The illustration above shows a star behind a shattered comet. Scientists initially believed the strange behavior of the star KC 8462852 was caused by dusty comet fragments that blocked the light of the star, causing it to occasionally dim. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) A star that has long puzzled scientists with its strange behavior has suddenly dimmed again, andresearchers worked to observe its odd actions. On May 19, astronomers noticed than it had been a few days prior, according to a website dedicated...

New telescope images show a dying giant star collapsing into a black hole instead of going supernova. ...