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Fountains from the south vent at Kilauea’s summit crater soared 1,300 feet (400 meters) into the air, the U.S. Geological Survey said. That is taller than New York’s Empire State Building which is ...

The ISS feels impossibly far at 250 miles up, but lunar missions go 240,000 miles out - over 1000x the distance. It's a perspective shift that redefines what 'space travel' means.

The northern lights have another chance of appearing Wednesday night, according to forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as geomagnetic storms caused by solar winds ...

Scientists solve a 15-year Mars mystery, confirming ferric hydroxysulfate formed by volcanic and hydrothermal heating across key Martian sites.

NASA’s IMAP mission will explore the heliosphere and study how it shields Earth from cosmic radiation and space weather.

As the iron and nickel inside our planet shift, so does Earth's magnetic field, meaning the North (and South) Poles are also constantly on the move. Recently, the position of the magnetic North Pole ...

NASA announced its 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class on September 22, 2025. The 10 candidates, pictured here at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston are: U.S. Army CW3 Ben Bailey ...

October will begin with a lunar standout: the first of three consecutive supermoons. Supermoons appear slightly larger and brighter than other full moons, thanks to the moon's closer-than-usual ...

Orionid meteors become visible when debris from Halley's Comet collides with Earth's atmosphere. The Orionid meteor shower has arrived! Look up on the nights between Oct. 2 to Nov. 12 to see tiny ...

SpaceX is inching closer to sending its Starship rocket into low Earth orbit. A newly proposed flight path for the upper stage would see it fly across Florida skies—an unusual route that would ...

Live updates from Thursday morning’s back-to-back SpaceX Starlink 10-15 and ULA Kuiper 3 missions from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.