Earth & Space

Passengers on a flight from Orlando were given an incredibly rare opportunity: to view a space shuttle launch from 20,000-feet.

Images from the Kepler Telescope have discovered that in the KOI-730 solar system there are two planets that share a single orbit.

Many advocates for the theory of man-made global warming point to the receding glaciers of Mount Kilimanjaro as clear evidence, but now research claims that it's actually deforestation that is leading to the loss of the mountain's icecap.

Sony, LOOT and NASA have partnered together to provide streaming video of the Space Shuttle Discovery's final launch for the residents of PlayStation Home.

A photographer in Switzerland captured this breathtaking shot of the night sky, giving us a view that many who live in cities never get to see.

Professors speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science warned against the effects that climate change could have on the world's food supplies.

NASA scientist working with the Kepler telescope have looked at two years of data and concluded that there is some 50 billion plants in the Milky Way galaxy.

Researchers in Alaska believe that unlocking the secrets of hibernation could be the key for humans to travel through deep space.

Researchers who spent time plotting the orbits of 40,000 M-Type Red Dwarf stars for the next billion years have discovered that there is an infinitely small chance that one of eighteen specific stars they tracked could one day pass dangerously close to Earth.

Three Coronal Mass Ejections that were spawned by the recent X-Class solar flare are expected to impact Earth between February 16th-18th, which should provide some people with a heck of a light show.