Earth has rarely looked as remarkable as it does in this stunning shot (above) captured by NASA astronaut Don Pettit from the International Space Station (ISS).

A US astronaut has captured an extraordinary view of a phenomenon in space brought on by an intense thunderstorm below.

The only way to see the curve of the Earth is to fly more than 6 miles (10 kilometers) above its surface.

Earth is the only planet known to support life. Learn about what Earth is made of and where it came from.

Ranging from September 2004 to December 2023, it spans multiple levels of the atmosphere from ground level up to the lower edge of space, about 110 kilometers above Earth's surface.

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more appropriate than thought.

Unlike most space exploration robots, OSIRIS-REx will return back home to drop its precious asteroid sample into Earth's atmosphere; from there the sample will plummet to the surface.

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

The location of the crash landing is uncertain, leaving scientists and space watchers on the lookout.

A near-Earth asteroid named Bennu has a loosely packed surface similar to a pit of plastic balls, according to NASA scientists. A spacecraft collected a sample from the asteroid in October 2020 ...

A new study claims that the effects gravity has on our planet could have been shaping the Earth's surface for ages.