A Congressional bill restores funding for most NASA space science missions, but there is no money for returning samples ...

But in all likelihood, the Earth will not see this time, having been engulfed by the Sun in its red giant phase, around 7.6 ...

A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...

In observations conducted between April 5 and April 10, 2017, the team looked at the relativistic jet produced by OJ 287, a ...

Choose your fighter for the origin of water on Earth! Was it always here or did it come to this planet from somewhere else in ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

When the International Space Station plunges to its fiery doom in 2030, its loss to science will be incalculable, even if it remains an open question as to whether its successes matched humanity's ...

Our magnetosphere plays the role of gatekeeper, repelling unwanted energy that's harmful to life on Earth, trapping most of it a safe distance from Earth's surface in twin doughnut-shaped zones called ...

Space technology on Earth has gone from futuristic to foundational in our everyday lives. From satellite innovations that enable global communication to space science applications improving ...

Earth/space science teachers educate students on the four basic areas of scientific study classified as part of earth science: oceanography, astronomy, meteorology and geology. Earth scientists play a ...

A 2016 astronaut photo of the Bahamas shows a series of luminous, rippling sandbanks partly carved out by a coral reef. The ...

It is with a heavy heart that I announce that NASA Earth Science Communications has directed The Earth Observer to conduct an ...