NASA’s astronaut, Nichole “Vapor” Ayers, has photographed a spectacular atmospheric event – a large red ‘jellyfish’ sprite soaring above a thunderstorm in North America. The striking image, taken from ...

By flying closer to the Sun than ever, Parker Solar Probe reveals the chaotic birthplace of solar wind and space storms, ...

Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. Facts July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare atmospheric phenomenon over the US and Mexico known as a "sprite" that's associated with lightning.

Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster here than in neighboring regions of the universe, astronomers say.

Discover why Earth's farthest distance from the sun coincides with summer heat, then grab your binoculars for a week of ...

Five thousand five hundred years ago, a small revolution began, but it would be generations before it changed the face of the ...

Friday, July 4 Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation from the Sun, standing 26° from our star at 1 A.M. EDT. We’ll ...

A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth today (May 21), passing within one-third of the Earth-moon distance. The close approach will happen at ...

Gigantic jet lightning extends 50 miles above Earth’s surface. Rare upward-shooting lightning was captured from the ISS. The powerful jet likely originated from a storm near New Orleans ...

Most observed gigantic jets reach the ionosphere — the part of the atmosphere that begins around 50 miles above Earth's surface and contains charged particles captured from the sun.

ALEXANDER ZVEREV was left raging after his luggage ended up thousands of miles away from his destination. Zverev, 27, decided to compete at the Argentina Open and flew to Buenos Aires for the tourn… ...