CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An old NASA science satellite plunged uncontrolled from orbit and reentered over the Pacific on ...

The Van Allen probe, which studied how the Earth is protected from harmful space radiation, could fall to Earth tonight. Here’s what to know ...

The new study described this "almost unprecedented rate of increase" in the length of an average day as a quantifiable ...

Humans were not designed for space. Ironically, because we insist on going there anyway, scientists now know from studying astronauts that the lack of Earth’s gravity can wreak health havoc, such as ...

A spacecraft could plunge into Earth’s atmosphere as soon as Tuesday. While most of the probe will likely burn up during reentry, a few components are expected to survive.

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different ...

Every once in a while, a science-fiction movie comes along that reminds you why the genre can be so much fun. Not just ...

Climate change is lengthening our days because rising sea levels slow Earth's rotation. Researchers from the University of Vienna and ETH Zurich now show that the current increase in day length—1.33 ...

A spacecraft built to study one of Earth’s most hostile regions ended its mission with a return through the atmosphere years ...

The powerful emission, known as a gigamaser, was discovered using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa.

Studying the 2022 collision's effects can help scientists protect the Earth from celestial objects that might head toward us ...