The average distance between the Moon and Earth is 382,500 kilometers (about 237674.48 miles). As such, there's plenty of space around our planet to warrant all the satellites we put into orbit, right ...

Before humans first started sending objects into Earth orbit, the pocket of space around our planet was clear and clean. But the launch of Sputnik 1 in October of 1957 changed everything. Since then, ...

We all know that climate change is affecting Earth, but did you know it is also causing problems in space? Scientists, ...

Rare earth metals are becoming more and more in-demand as we move toward a clean energy future, but the distribution of these metals means that their extraction can be incredibly damaging. Right now, ...

A solar storm that zoomed past Earth recently might create problems for satellites and the country’s power grid, experts say. The nearby solar eruption snowplowed dense plasma towards the Earth ...

In some ways, the stars above us are the ultimate equalizer: we're all equally far away, we all share the right to look up at them; and, tiny glittering pinpoints that they are, when we contemplate ...