V-2 rockets launched from White Sands, New Mexico in the 1940s and returned the first photos of Earth from space. The rockets were launched on a suborbital trajectory.

These are a result of seawater killing coastal trees. NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. "The closer a forest is to sea level ...

For over half-a-century, the Nasa and US Geological Survey's Landsat program has documented changes to the Earth's surface, making it the longest continuous space-based record of our planet's land ...

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The European Space Agency's Hera asteroid mission has beamed back its first images from space, capturing a stunning view of Earth and the moon. The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the ...

The Hera spacecraft, which launched this month to study a binary asteroid system up close. turned its gaze back at our planet ...

Night falls when the Earth spins around so far that we face away from the Sun. If you imagine a line running between ... But only 50 years ago, such pictures weren't possible.

In Dunn's simulation, the orbit is shown as the red line, and it only circles about 25% of the Earth. The asteroid won't complete a full orbit of Earth, so some astronomers refer to it as a ...

Oprah Winfrey heralded the start of the holiday season on Friday, dropping her famed “Favorite Things” list for the 28th year in a row.

How Life Began on Earth: Modeling Earth's Ancient Atmosphere Oct. 31, 2024 — This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first ...

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