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One-third of the Earth's sphere illuminated, Earth's terminator, sunglint, a portion of east Africa, as photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its first lunar landing mission in July 1969.

Apollo 11 Flight Log, July 22, 1969: Firing Engines for Earth Return

By Elizabeth Howell

On July 22, 1969, the three men on NASA's Apollo 11 mission were in the homestretch of their historic moon voyage. See how they fired the engines on their spacecraft.

A white stork sporting a trial tag for the ICARUS system.

This New Space Station Tech Is for the Birds (and All Wildlife, Really)

By Meghan Bartels

On board the International Space Station, a new antenna has switched on and is gathering data from tiny tags attached to a very different type of flier.

Astrophotographer Zaid Abbadi captured the partial lunar eclipse of July 16-17, 2019 from Amman, Jordan.

Space Photos: The Most Amazing Images This Week!

By Doris Elin Salazar

Here are our picks for the most amazing space photos of the week.

A researcher fits a satellite tracking collar onto a female arctic fox in Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

Here's How Scientists Tracked That Arctic Fox's Epic Journey

By Meghan Bartels

It's a trek of epic proportions: 2,700 miles (4,350 kilometers) across sea ice in the Arctic in just 76 days, likely fueled by hunger.

Watch the Live Science Facebook Live interview at 11:30 a.m. EDT today (July 12) and enter to win one of three free copies of "Archaeology From Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past."

Indiana Jones Meets 'Star Wars' in 'Archaeology From Space.' Enter to Win a Copy!

By Mindy Weisberger

What's it like to uncover the mysteries of ancient civilizations...from space?

The One More Orbit crew back on the ground at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after their record-setting flight.

Retired NASA Astronaut Terry Virts, Aviators Set World Circumnavigation Speed Record to Honor Apollo 11

By Amy Thompson

Virts and his team accomplished the feat in less than 47 hours.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch captured this image of tropical storm Barry and shared it on Twitter on July 11, 2019.

Astronaut Spots Tropical Storm Barry Menacing the Gulf Coast

By Meghan Bartels

A host of weather satellites — and at least one astronaut — are keeping their eyes on Tropical Storm Barry as it approaches the Gulf Coast.

A NASA photo shows James Reilly, now the Trump-appointed director of the U.S. Geological Survey, aboard the space shuttle Atlantis in 2001. Reilly promised not to let political influences jeapordize science during his confirmation hearing in 2018.

It Sure Seems Like the Trump Administration Is Suppressing Reports of Climate Change at USGS

By Rafi Letzter

Trump administration officials are removing references to climate change from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) press releases, according to a ClimateWire report.

Data from NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites revealed the immense size of a record-breaking algal bloom known as the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt.

Satellites in Space Spot Largest Seaweed Bloom on Earth

By Passant Rabie

NASA's Earth observation satellites have spotted the largest seaweed bloom in the world, a belt of algae stretching 5,500 miles (8,850 kilometers) from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico.

NASA experts used satellite data to map the ground displacement caused by the two major earthquakes that struck Southern California on July 4 and 5, 2019.

NASA Scientists Map Ground Damage Caused by California Earthquakes

By Elizabeth Howell

Two recent Southern California earthquakes warped the ground across dozens of square miles — and the changes are visible even from space.

A new rupture in Earth's crust caused by a magnitude-7.1 earthquake near Ridgecrest, California, is seen in this July 6, 2019, image by a Dove cubesat, operated by San Francisco-based company Planet.

Surface Rupture from Ridgecrest Earthquake Spotted from Space (Photo)

By Mike Wall

One of last week's powerful Southern California temblors created a crack in the planet's crust that's visible from space.

While DSCOVR's primary mission is monitoring the solar wind, its EPIC instrument provides full-disk views of the Earth, sometimes capturing the moon as it passes between the Earth and the spacecraft.

DSCOVR Spacecraft in Safe Mode

By Jeff Foust

A joint NASA/NOAA spacecraft that monitors space weather and provides imagery of Earth has been offline for more than a week because of a problem with its positioning system.

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Aphelion Day 2019: Earth Is Farthest from the Sun Today

By Hanneke Weitering

Happy Aphelion Day! Earth is farther from the sun today (July 4 than at any other time of the year.

When the female Aedes aegypti mosquito feeds on the blood of humans, it may spread a variety of diseases.

How NASA Satellites Are Helping Track Disease Outbreaks

By Doris Elin Salazar

Satellites are helping researchers track mosquitoes that can transmit dangerous diseases to humans.

Data gathered by NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) spacecraft makes up this image of noctilucent clouds seen on June 12, 2019.

Unusual Noctilucent Clouds Shimmer at North Pole in Satellite View

By Elizabeth Howell

An eerie image of Earth's North Pole shows the effects on our planet's reflectivity when an unusual type of cloud forms.

An astronaut's photo of the Raikoke volcano erupting on June 22, 2019.

Raikoke Volcano's Eruption Seen from Space (Photos)

By Passant Rabie

New photos of Earth from space reveal a brown ash plume billowing from the Raikoke volcano in the North Pacific Ocean following an eruption on Saturday (June 22).

This image from a NOAA GOES weather satellite shows a refinery explosion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (circled) on June 21, 2019.

Philadelphia Refinery Explosion Shoots Fireball Visible from Space

By Stephanie Pappas

A massive refinery explosion in Philadelphia was so hot and expansive that it was visible on weather satellites, according to the National Weather Service.

From aboard the International Space Station, Alexander Gerst uses a special super- wide-angle lens to capture an image of the enormous Hurricane Florence barreling toward the East Coast. He posted this image to Twitter on Sept. 12, 2018.

NOAA Hurricane-Tracking Satellites to Launch on SpaceX Falcon Heavy Next Week

By Meghan Bartels

This year's Atlantic hurricane season has been quiet to date, but meteorologists always know that could change. Soon they'll have a new tool for improving forecasts of how these storms will behave.

NASA's Airborne Snow Observatory as seen measuring snowpack in the Western U.S.

NASA Is Tracking One of Earth's Most Valuable Resources — Water

By Elizabeth Howell

Water is a complex problem on Earth: Some places get far too little of it and some get far too much.

Diagram showing the flight path of World View's Stratollite high-altitude balloon system during its most recent test flight, which took place from May 18 to June 3, 2019.

World View's Stratollite Balloon Stays Aloft for 16 Days on Key Test Mission

By Mike Wall

A stratospheric balloon designed to provide long-term bird's-eye views just took a big step toward commercial flight.