The image was taken by GOES-19, the newest in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite series operated by NOAA. Launched in 2024 and declared operational in early 2025, GOES-19 ...

A 2023 astronaut photo shows off an unusual cranium-like structure appearing to stare up into space from the floor of a large ...

Parts of the International Space Station photobombed this scenic photo of Earth, with the full moon appearing as a tiny dot near the center. Need a break from all the breaking news just to marvel at ...

What's in the photo? A section of forest divided into squares due to a grid-based land management system This intriguing astronaut photo shows a patch of land in Idaho that looks strikingly like a ...

As of 2027, new satellites for CO2 measurement (CO2M) will be launched into orbit. Originally, only two were planned—but ...

NOAA's CCOR-1 coronagraph captured the blast that showed the sun's raw power in action.

This intriguing astronaut photo shows two volcanic lakes appearing to peer into space from a skull-like peninsula in Nicaragua, like a pair of heterochromatic googly eyes. This unusual scene, which is ...

Manhattan-sized comet 3I/ATLAS — which scientists suspect could have extraterrestrial origins — will reach its closest ...

2025 marks the bicentennial of the Erie Canal, and NASA's Earth Observatory commemorated the milestone with a satellite-based image tracing the canal's historic route across New York State. According ...

Need a break from all the breaking news just to marvel at our small, delicate world? There's always something happening in space, and humanity is documenting it more quickly and clearly than ever ...