Roughly 252 million years ago, Earth experienced its deadliest known extinction. Known as the Permian–Triassic Mass ...

A just-issued monthly report has found the first six months of 2025 are pacing just behind the record warm year of 2024. Here ...

Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth's poles slightly away from the ...

Maps must be more than static reference tools; they must be dynamic platforms that reflect the world as it changes.

Planetariums were a hit with the public. Within decades, they had spread around the world – the first planetarium in the United States opened in Chicago in 1930, while the first one in Asia opened in ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within days.

Defunct Soviet satellite Kosmos 482 could fall through Earth's atmosphere as soon as next week, with a new map revealing possible locations.

A senator says the move by Google Maps proves the correctness of Manila’s policy to defend its sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea.

A total lunar eclipse on March 13-14, 2025, will be visible across Earth's night side. See detailed maps of where and when to watch the dramatic 'Blood Moon'.

As illustrated in the map below, based on data from the latest U.S. Geological Survey report on rare earths, China holds the world's largest rare earth reserves, estimated at 44 million metric tons.

Locals in the beachside town of Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka, have noticed the coastline crumble into the sea at an alarming rate over the past 20 years, and it's threatening their community and way of life.