A Pilatus PC-12 aircraft equipped with a portable laser terminal transmitted 4K video to the International Space Station and back. "Laser communications use infrared light to transmit 10 to 100 times more data faster than radio...

On Sept. 7, 1995, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on mission STS-69.



This was the 100th successful crew spaceflight mission for NASA. Endeavour lifted off from NASA's historic launch site at Kennedy Space Center's Pad...

On Sept. 8, 2004, NASA's Genesis spacecraft crash-landed in Utah after its parachutes failed to deploy.



Genesis was NASA's first sample-return mission since the Apollo program, and the first to bring back samples from...

The Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched on July 23, 1999 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. See 25 'never-before-seen' images from the observatory to mark the anniversary. <b<br/>r/>

Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart

On Sept. 1, 1979, NASA's robotic space probe Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to fly by Saturn.



Pioneer 11 launched in 1973 on a mission to explore the Asteroid Belt, Jupiter and Saturn. It launched directly toward...

Sunspot AR3757 erupted with an M1-class solar flare and a plasma plume. <b<br/>r/>

Footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta

The northern lights will make a rare showing in parts of the UK this weekend, appearing alongside the biggest meteor shower of the year.Two massive plumes of plasma erupting from the Sun, known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), will...

Pupil outcome: I can understand the context of 'Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover'. Key learning points: - The Mars rover marked a significant development in space exploration. - ‘Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover’ is a narrative...

The tremendous growth happening in Africa presents humanity with a once-in-a-species opportunity: to make (nearly) an entire continent skip development of dirty fossil fuels, and be powered by renewable energy instead.

These images show how quickly Earth’s environment can change, from shrinking lakes like the Aral Sea to melting glaciers and wildfires in Yellowstone. Human actions like farming, building dams, and digging for oil are also changing...

NASA has a three-phase plan to send humans to Mars by 2040, including building new spacecraft, testing deep-space missions, and learning how to live on the Red Planet. Alongside efforts by private companies like SpaceX, NASA is working...

Satellite images show how fast the Earth is changing due to things like melting glaciers, wildfires, dams, and growing cities. These changes can affect people’s lives, such as forcing them to move or losing access to water and land....

Breakthrough Starshot is a future space mission that plans to send tiny, laser-powered probes to another star system, aiming to reach Proxima b, a potentially Earth-like planet. These spacecraft will travel at 20% the speed of light...

I traveled to Casper, Wyoming to experience totality—a complete solar eclipse. HD Eclipse video by Erika Valkovicova

Scientists know that greenhouse gases from human activities are warming the Earth and causing major changes in the environment. Dr. Jennifer Francis explains that for thousands of years, Earth’s temperature was mostly stable due to...

Float above the Earth as we explore the International Space Station! Built by astronauts from around the world, the ISS is a science lab in space where people live and work. Learn how it was built, what life is like up there, and what...

Though the Space Shuttle era has ended, NASA's Orion spacecraft represents the next leap in human space exploration, designed for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Supported by the powerful Space Launch System and innovations like...

Everything you could want to know about the James Webb Space Telescope.

Almost everything you could want to know about the sixth planet to the Sun, Saturn.

How a black hole's ergosphere may help us go faster than the speed of light.

Why Earth 2.0 may not be such a feasible place for people to live.

It's been three years since NASA's Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter. But what has it seen and discovered? We will examine Jupiter's magnetic field, core, bands, aurora, atmosphere, storms and clouds.

Another look at the Fermi Paradox, and the implication on us as a civilization.

40 Jupiter Mass Binary Objects - or JuMBOs - discovered by JWST.