History gives context, turning simple views into lessons about resilience, creativity, and human connection. When travelers look beyond surface beauty and delve into the stories that shaped each ...

Whether viewed from behind, up above, or beneath – as opposed to the usual straight-on view – here’s some of the planet’s ...

Across the globe, there are places where nature has slowly but surely taken over, creating eerie atmospheres that are both ...

Tourism has increased year on year, and popular cities and places of interest have become more and more congested. Until the pandemic, we could hardly imagine Venice or Times Square without huge ...

Just in May of this year, the Soviets struck a ground target from orbit. Never mind that they didn't intend to; in fact, never mind that there are no 'Soviets' anymore. A piece of Cosmos 482, a rocket ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit are de-orbiting and falling to Earth at the rate of one to two per day. If Starlink continues scaling up ...

Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti is the Principal Investigator of Space Weather Investigation Frontier (SWIFT). He receives funding from NASA. W. Manchester is a Co-Investigator of Space Weather Investigation ...

Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to ...

Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to ...

(This story was updated to clarify the number of Project Kuiper satellites on the mission.) SpaceX crews have again postponed a Falcon 9 rocket launch attempt from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ...

We all need some space sometimes—but it's harder to find than you might think. How far into our universe do we have to go to reach somewhere truly empty? Our first stop is the International Space ...

This amazing astronaut photo shows the bizarre whale-like shape of a Belizean tropical island. The coral-reef-covered structure is home to the Great Blue Hole, one of the deepest marine sinkholes on ...