The map that NASA launched in 1972 could lead extraterrestrials to Earth. A new map, nearly 50 years later, provides even better directions. A sparkling mass containing at least half a million ...

Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...

Google Earth is celebrating its 20th anniversary by allowing users to access historical Street View images directly in the ...

The damaging winds from Danas caused power outages along the storm’s path. Typhoons have also hit U.S. territories, causing ...

Festus Adegbola’s work on the BioSCape project monitors — from the air — how plants and wildfires influence bird diversity.

Explore new features coming to Google Earth and take a look back at the major milestones of the platform since 2005.

Recent headlines have drawn attention to naming conventions and mapping technology. But maps have always been political, ...

Chantal was a tropical storm in the North Atlantic Ocean Saturday afternoon Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said ...

Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached ...

The world map is familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but in terms of country and continent size, it’s way off – and all because of a 16th-century projection.

In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...

Scientists just sequenced the first sea spider genome, uncovering genetic clues to limb growth, regeneration, and ancient ...