“What?” NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson exclaimed after her fellow Shane Kimbrough radioed her saying, “Peggy, I don’t have a shield.” It was Thursday, March 30, 2017, and Whitson was tethered to the ...

The image allows us to see our planet's brightness from space. When the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) weather satellite GOES-19 turns its gaze toward the sun, ...

September's partial solar eclipse was not just caught by eager skywatchers on Earth but also by satellites orbiting high above. A striking view of the partial solar eclipse that happened on September ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) often share breathtaking views of Earth, but one recent photograph taken by Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui has captured an extraordinary moment ...