See the first images from Europe’s Sentinel-2C satellite looking down on Earth
Earlier this month, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched its newest Earth-observation satellite, known as Copernicus ...
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SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts beam photos to Earth using Starlink satellites
The four-person Polaris Dawn mission launched aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule early Tuesday morning (Sept. 10). Later ...
Is Earth about to get a new moon? Yes, but not for long
Earth will soon have a second moon, but it will be nothing like the one we're accustomed to seeing in the night sky. The new "mini-moon" will be asteroid 2024 PT5, a space rock discovered earlier this ...
In Pictures: Spectacular Supermoon and Partial Lunar Eclipse Light Up Skies
A giant moon with a chunk taken out of it was visible in the skies on Tuesday night. Here are some of the best shots in case ...
Arctic weather satellite's first images capture Storm Boris
Just a month after its launch, ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite has already delivered its first images, notably capturing Storm ...
In Photos: See The ‘Supermoon’ Lunar Eclipse Light-Up The Sky And Set Up A ‘Ring Of Fire’
The evening of Tuesday, September 17, 2024, saw a beautiful partial lunar eclipse as the full "Harvest Supermoon" drifted ...
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Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466 Million Years Ago
A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...
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Best-ever 'Cloud Atlas' of Mars showcases stunning cloud patterns (photos)
The image above shows a striking cloud pattern sculpted by gravity waves, which are common ripples in both Mars' and Earth's ...
Marvel At This NASA Rover Image Of Earth And Mars Moon Phobos
A Mars scientist shares the inside story of the NASA Curiosity rover's poignant first photo of Earth and Mars moon Phobos ...
ESA Shares Eye-Watering Pictures Of Earth And Moon Taken By Departing Juice Probe
The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared new pictures of Earth and the Moon taken by its Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer or Juice spacecraft. The images feature a half-lit Earth with the tiny looking ...
Astronauts have taken 1,000 photos of NJ from space. Check out the stunning images
Astronauts on the International Space Station, which has been in orbit for decades, have collected a stunning array of images ...
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Celebrating the First Earth Day Event at NASA Headquarters
Introduction Organized by the Science Mission Directorate’s Science Support Office (SSO), NASA hosted its 12th annual Earth ...