The “gravity hole” formed at least 70 million years ago after convection in Earth’s mantle. The weak gravity could impact our ...

NASA's upcoming EDGE satellite mission, led by UC San Diego, uses lasers to deliver unprecedented 3D mapping of Earth.

A man's hand-drawn diagram of a layered universe, depicting Earth at the base and higher realms connected by a glowing spiral, has gone viral. The sketch, illustrating his near-death experience, ...

Many coastal maps start from the wrong sea-level baseline, and correcting the error could mean millions more are vulnerable ...

Maps distort reality because the Earth is a three-dimensional sphere, and any attempt to represent it on a flat surface ...

The Van Allen Probe A, which launched in 2012, is coming home. Here’s the latest update on what will hopefully be an ...

New 3D map of the early universe from HETDEX reveals faint hydrogen light linking galaxies 9 to 11 billion years ago.

For most people, Google Maps is a simple tool used to find directions or check what a place looks like before visiting. But ...

Whether you’re like me and are a bit of a weather geek or you just like staring at pretty satellite images, Zoom Earth is worth checking out. This nifty site shows global weather and climate data in ...

The temperate rainforests of the Chilean Coast Range are home to a spectacular array of life: iridescent blue lizards, tiny wild cats called kodkods, and curly vines of waxy red bellflowers. Towering ...

Soils surrounding large, ancient alerce trees in Chile accumulate a disproportionately high diversity of fungi, which help store more carbon and make the entire forest healthier, suggesting that ...

Research led by scientists at Washington State University has revealed insights on how plants form a microscopic landscape of proteins crucial to photosynthesis, the basis of Earth's food and energy ...