We like to think of our home as a nice, smooth sphere. But mapping the Earth’s gravitational field provides a different view ...

For centuries, Earth has been pictured as a near-perfect blue sphere floating through space — but a new high-precision gravity model is revealing a far stranger reality. Using detailed measurements ...

The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) is one of two missions NASA selected Feb. 5 for its Earth System Explorer program. Credit: Lanteris Space Systems WASHINGTON — NASA has selected two Earth ...

NASA is preparing six new airborne science missions that will investigate some of Earth’s most complex environmental changes, ...

The probe was one of two launched in 2012 from Florida to study Earth's hazardous Van Allen radiation belts. NASA says that while some components may survive re-entry, the risk of harm to anyone on ...

The colors of Earth appear more muted in newly released photos because of a difference in camera technology and lighting compared to photos taken during the 1972 Apollo 17 mission. As the Artemis II ...

The "NEO Hunter" mission would use Blue Origin's Blue Ring spacecraft to deflect space rocks. This plan builds on NASA's successful DART mission, which proved an asteroid's path could be altered.