To see Earth from space is to be forever changed by the view. Since Alan Shepard became the first American to lay eyes on our ...

There’s a phenomenon known as the “overview effect,” a changed perspective some people experience after seeing the Earth from space. Retired astronaut Dr. Cady Coleman says that for her, it was a ...

Final Orbit is the latest in the collection, and it's set in 1975 during the Cold War when the United States and the Soviet ...

Harvard physics professor and author John E. Huth discussed his new book, “A Sense of Space,” which explores the interaction ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured this stunning long-exposure view of Earth and stars from space at night from the International Space Station. The Earth and a starry night appear to merge into one ...

The pioneering astronauts of the Polaris Dawn mission have a packed agenda during their five short days in space, but medical officer Anna Menon still found time to read to her children from orbit.

Three books push back on a rising tide of optimism about space settlements. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are bitter rivals in the commercial space race, but they agree on one thing: Settling space is an ...

The view of Earth from space is a sight that's historically been reserved for a select few. So far, just a handful of specially trained astronauts and billionaires have been able to watch the Earth ...

Sen aims to use the story-telling power of video to inspire, empowering everyone to witness planetary change and humanity's exploration of space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Emily Calandrelli, the Netflix and YouTube host and MIT engineer known as the "Space Gal," was overwhelmed with tears as she witnessed Earth from space on a recent Blue Origin flight — and she's not ...

Our magnetosphere plays the role of gatekeeper, repelling unwanted energy that's harmful to life on Earth, trapping most of it a safe distance from Earth's surface in twin doughnut-shaped zones called ...