NASA is achieving new heights in technology as new, robust electronics can operate in vastly harsher planetary conditions.

Sunglint occurs when sunlight reflects off the ocean at the same angle satellites observe it, producing mirror-like images ...

When NASA installed a unique imaging sensor on the outside of the International Space Station, the original intent was to help map the composition of minerals on the Earth's surface. Far from the only ...

Under a new partnership with the Science Center for Marine Fisheries (SCEMFIS), NASA will provide new advanced satellite data ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bright blue colors are caused by calcium carbonate stirred up by winter winds and cold temperatures. But what swirled all of ...

NASA’s defunct Van Allen Probe A burned up over the eastern Pacific Ocean on March 11, 2026, splashing down west of the Galapagos Islands years ahead of schedule. The 1,323-pound spacecraft, which ...

NASA says that once it decommissions the International Space Station in 2030, it plans to return the module to the Earth by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean. In a press release on Monday, the agency ...

You have likely heard Europa described as one of the most promising places to search for life beyond Earth. The icy moon of Jupiter holds a global ocean beneath its frozen surface, along with the ...

The International Space Station is an incredible spacefaring achievement that has been in orbit longer than any other outpost of its kind. In fact, on Nov. 2, the orbital laboratory marked 25 years ...

NASA satellites detected a phytoplankton bloom around Antarctic iceberg A-23A as it melted, showing how icebergs can fertilize the ocean.