British writer Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for fiction with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station.

Astronomers say better catch this week's supermoon.

Scientists say a celestial object discovered decades ago is actually twins orbiting each other.

The latest solar storm has triggered northern lights farther south than normal including into parts of Germany, the United Kingdom, New England and New York City.

All of Michigan will have a chance to see Northern Lights this week, thanks to a severe solar storm.

Space weather forecasters say a severe solar storm heading to Earth could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes.

A rare, bright comet will be visible in October, clear skies permitting.

A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash.

All of Michigan will have a chance to see Northern Lights this weekend.

All of Michigan will have a chance to see Northern Lights this weekend.

All of Michigan will have a chance to see Northern Lights this weekend.

All of Michigan will have a chance to see Northern Lights this weekend.

The second most powerful solar flare in past few years erupted Tuesday.

Orion Sun found solace amongst the works of Audre Lorde while working on her self-titled album.

Earth will have a temporary “mini moon” for two months.

The aurora borealis is continuing to dazzle viewers across the northern United States and Canada.

Get ready for a partial lunar eclipse and supermoon.

Most of Michigan will have a chance to see Northern Lights on Tuesday night.

The first of four supermoons this year is about to rise.

All of Michigan will have a chance to see Northern Lights on Monday night into Tuesday morning.

Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end in July.

A Texas church has not one — but two — members aboard the International Space Station.

A large portion of Michigan will have a chance to see Northern Lights on Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

A large portion of Michigan will have a chance to see Northern Lights this week.

The United Nations is calling for a flurry of efforts to reduce the human toll from soaring and searing temperatures in what it calls an extreme heat epidemic.

An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth this weekend.

China’s Chang’e 6 probe has returned on Earth with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first.

Summer kicks off in the Northern Hemisphere with the summer solstice on Thursday.

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending science data again.

SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket has completed its first full test flight, returning to Earth without exploding after blasting off from Texas.

China says its spacecraft unfurled the country’s red and gold flag on the far side of the moon before lifting off with rock and soil samples to bring back to Earth.

New research indicates the sun's magnetic field originates much closer to the surface than previously thought.

The sun isn't done yet.

For the first time since October 2003, extreme solar storm conditions reached Earth.

Earth is under a severe (G4) geomagnetic storm watch for the first time in nearly 20 years.

All parts of Michigan will have a good shot at seeing Northern Lights on Friday night into early Saturday morning.

All of Michigan will be in the mix to see Northern Lights on Friday night.

NASA has finally heard back from Voyager 1 in a way that makes sense.

NASA is seeking a faster, cheaper way to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth.

The European climate agency says Earth was record hot for the 10th consecutive month in March.

Wouldn’t it be nice if the clouds expected for Monday’s solar eclipse magically disappeared just in time for the moon to pass between the Earth and the sun?

NASA wants to come up with an out-of-this-world way to keep track of time, putting the moon on its own souped-up clock.

In videos submitted to KSAT Connect, viewers showed bright light emitting a circular smoke into the air

North America is on the verge of another masking of the sun during a total solar eclipse.

For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years because the planet is rotating a tad faster.

Michigan will be in the mix again to see Northern Lights on Monday night.

What type of eclipse it will be and where the eclipse will be is what makes this a rare event.

Michigan will be in the mix to see Northern Lights on Sunday and Monday night.

Space weather forecasters have issued a geomagnetic storm watch through Monday.

Landslides occur around the world and have helped shape the Earth as we know it.

Spring gets its official start Tuesday in the Northern Hemisphere.

Scientists have confirmed what became of a star that exploded in a stunning supernova visible to Earth more than three decades ago.

An old Earth-observing satellite has fallen out of orbit and harmlessly burned up.

Most of Michigan will be in the mix to see Northern Lights on Tuesday night, and possibly even Wednesday night.

Turkey’s first astronaut has returned home to a hero’s welcome as a symbol of the country’s advances in technology and aerospace.

Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden are back on Earth, ending a private three-week trip to the International Space Station.

NASA's newest climate satellite has blasted off to survey the world's oceans and atmosphere in unprecedented detail.

After three years of exceptional sales growth, McDonald’s is returning to Earth.

Astronomers say an asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth on Friday.

While the U.S. is shivering through bone-chilling cold, most of the rest of world is feeling unusually warm weather.

A U.S. company's lunar lander will soon burn up in Earth's atmosphere after a failed moonshot.

A NASA telescope has captured the biggest solar flare in years, which temporarily knocked out radio communication on Earth.

After U2 played spectacular shows at the newly minted Las Vegas Sphere, another classic rock band will take the stage to deliver an incredible show in technicolor visuals.

Parts of Michigan could catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights on Thursday night, into Friday morning.

A new United Nations report calculates that the globe is speeding to 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius (4.5 to 5.2 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming since pre-industrial times, set to blow well past the agreed upon international climate threshold.

French President Emmanuel Macron says melting glaciers pose “an unprecedented challenge for humanity.”.

The 12 months ending in October were the hottest ever recorded on Earth and likely the planet’s hottest 12-month period ever recorded, according to a report from the nonprofit science research group Climate Central.

October was the fifth straight month that Earth set a record for the hottest month in recorded history.

Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died.

The little asteroid visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists _ a mini moon.

With last year’s undersea volcano injecting massive amounts of water high into the atmosphere, scientists were bracing for a big Antarctica ozone hole this fall.

Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day.

Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day.

A partial solar eclipse happens when the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth, but the Moon only partially covers the Sun’s disk.

A NASA spacecraft has rocketed away on a six-year journey to a rare asteroid made of metal.

Let’s talk about the Solar Eclipse coming this weekend.

NASA is showing off its first asteroid samples delivered last month by a spacecraft.

After a record-smashing hot summer, Earth's warming somehow got even worse in September.

A space capsule carrying NASA’s first asteroid samples has landed in the Utah desert.

Inside, those who administer the world look for peace.

A new study of Earth's health says the planet is outside its “safe operating space for humanity” on six out of nine key measurements.

The U.N. weather agency says Earth endured its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures.

Four astronauts are back on Earth after a six-month stay at the International Space Station.

Here are the July stats for temperatures in the Roanoke area, according to data from the National Weather Service.

NASA says it has heard from its Voyager 2 spacecraft after a wrong command cut off communications.

Climate change’s sweaty fingerprints are all over the July heat waves gripping much of the globe.

Astronomers have discovered what could be two planets sharing the same orbit around their star.

Death Valley is putting a sizzling exclamation point on a record warm summer across the globe as it flirts with some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded.

The Webb Space Telescope is marking one year of cosmic photographs with one of its best yet.

Cities across China have opened their air raid shelters to offer residents relief from the heat as unusually high temperatures across parts of the country started claiming lives.

Air quality in Metro Detroit is expected to improve over the weekend, but it still ranked among the worst in the country, and on Earth, as of Friday morning.

There was a slight improvement in Metro Detroit’s air quality Thursday morning compared to Wednesday, but wildfire smoke is still causing the city to have some of the worst air quality on Earth.

Worldwide temperatures briefly exceeded a key warming threshold earlier this month, drawing notice in the scientific community and prompting public chatter that climate change might be accelerating.

Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day.

The cause of global warming is showing no signs of slowing as heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has increased to record highs in its annual Spring peak.

A European spacecraft around Mars has sent its first livestream from the red planet to Earth to mark the 20th anniversary of its launch.

The year's first lunar eclipse is underway, and the best viewing is in Asia and Australia.

A new study suggests water on Mars may be more widespread and recent than previously thought.

An intense solar storm has the northern lights gracing the skies farther south than usual.

All Michiganders could catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights on Sunday night.