It’s perhaps the first ISS image to show both a sunset and sunrise in ... Pettit added: “Visible are circular star trails ...

Ever since the ancient Greeks first made observations of the circular Moon and the skies, scientists have known that the ...

An astronomer takes us on a tour of the universe to learn about the birth of stars and planets and how they get their spin.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured incredibly sharp images of the Horsehead Nebula, one of the most iconic ...

View of Earth from space. Image source: studio023 / Adobe To fully understand how these human-built megastructures affect Earth’s rotation, though, we have to dig into the math a little bit.

The United States satellite images displayed are infrared (IR ... wide area of the earth. Due to the rotation of the earth the satellite is able to view every spot on earth twice each day.

An asteroid named for the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and disorder may not pose a hazard to Earth, but that does not mean Earth is not a hazard to it.

In a groundbreaking achievement, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has conducted the highest-resolution ...

The idea ostriches bury their heads when they feel threatened is thought have come from Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder ...

Early in its history, the moon likely orbited much nearer to Earth, experiencing intense tidal forces that influenced its ...