Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

A telescope similar to James Webb was launched in the orbit by NASA in 2025 to look for phenomena that the most powerful tool ...

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

NASA’s SWOT satellite has measured large river waves for the first time, which were found to be caused by extreme rainfall ...

NASA’s MAVEN finally sees sputtering—an escape process that stripped Mars of its atmosphere and ancient water.

Advancing new hazard detection and precision landing technologies to help future space missions successfully achieve safe and ...

Twenty years ago, the U.S. Congress instructed NASA to find 90% of near-Earth asteroids threatening Earth. They've made ...

We also highlight an analysis of whether flying has become less safe, an investigation into a Philippine reforestation ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is demanding an accident investigation into the out-of-control Starship flight by SpaceX.

Australia’s biggest lake is believed to have reached capacity on only three occasions in the past 160 years, but the mass of ...

After a decade of searching, NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere Volatile Evolution) mission has, for the first time, reported a direct observation of an ...

Ocean darkening is rapidly spreading, squeezing marine life closer to the surface and altering ecosystems worldwide.