Our breakdown of 7 hidden science lessons in the stunning photo taken by an astronaut on the Artemis II mission.

On Friday morning, NASA shared a partial view of our bright blue planet as captured by Reid Wiseman, the mission’s commander. Earth, swathed in swirling clouds, is shown rising through a window on the Orion capsule in which the crew is to journey around the moon.

A major defense against everything space throws at us, Earth’s magnetic field may even protect the moon from damaging galactic cosmic rays

Composite of Earth and the Moon from Galileo data. (NASA/JPL/USGS) The constant, omnidirectional hail of cosmic rays that stream through the Solar System from the galaxy beyond may not be as uniform as we thought.

Look up on a clear night and you'll see the streaks of our new space age. What you don't see is the growing fallout for the atmosphere that keeps us alive. A wave of satellite launches and reentries is changing the chemistry and physics of the middle and ...

The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission have passed the halfway point between the Earth and the moon. Mark Strassmann spoke with the astronauts about the accomplishment.