Astronomers discover many asteroids and comets each year, some of which are near-Earth objects (NEOs) that move through the ...

The European Space Agency’s ACES mission could ultimately pave the way for a global network of atomic clocks that make these ...

Thousands are set to take to the streets of Edinburgh, and East Lothian, as the Edinburgh Marathon Festival returns - with ...

A new NASA mission to map the solar wind has returned some of its first images from its position in low Earth orbit. The ...

Amateur history buffs can tap into the 'Historical imagery' feature on Google Earth and check out imagery dating back to the ...

The vast Earth has many mysterious lands that humans have not known and have not set foot on. Nowadays, thanks to the Google ...

A team has created the most complete map of the world's rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming world.

But evaporation, freezing and rocks can’t quite account for all the water that must have covered Mars in the distant past. Calculations suggest the “missing” water is enough to cover the planet in an ...

A little over 240 years ago, birds were the only things that could fly above the ground untethered without eventually falling ...

People are freaking out after seeing planet Earth from an especially unusual angle, with one complaining: 'This is scary'.

Steve Clark, Nic Gwatkin and Chantal Hinds of Optum discuss the benefits of evidence maps to view data in disease areas. If you showed Google Earth and Google Maps to your great-grandfather ...

All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.