Zoom into NYC from space in this amazing Google Earth Studio visualization, featuring "West 66th" by pop rock artist Logan Spaleta. Credit: Google Earth Studio / edited by Space.com Pope Francis ...

above Earth's equator. Positioned slightly above GEO, it will target one of two U.S. Space Force Tetra-5 satellites due to be launched next year, and attempt to dock with the spacecraft.

These satellites were then brought back to Earth via the Space Shuttle. But Vanguard-1 is different. Decades of exposure to the harsh realities of space mean it will require the utmost care.

The nearly minute-long video shows lightning within thunderstorms at the surface of the Earth, while bright city lights can be seen dotting the landscape below.

The so-called LIFE mission would study the atmospheres of dozens of exoplanets with a similar temperature, radius and mass to Earth for signs ... according to Space.com. There are currently ...

Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. For decades, military communications from space relied primarily on ...

An asteroid that set off a global effort to determine if it would impact Earth in 2032 is no longer a threat to our planet. However, chances of a hit to the Moon are increasing. In March, the powerful ...

For those of us back on Earth, this space station discovery offers a timely lesson. Modern life has given us a remarkable ability to control our surroundings. Homes are climate-controlled and ...

"As a kid, I used to stare at a blank white space at the bottom of a world map and wonder what's out there. "Curiosity eventually took me across the continent and to the southern most tip of Earth ...

(However, most of these missions carry astronauts to the space station, where they live in microgravity for months, which means returning crew must readapt to Earth’s gravity.) One at a time ...

Watch the crew's return to Earth in the video player above. The SpaceX Fram2 crew, who embarked on their mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this past March, made a return to Earth on Friday.