It took feats of engineering and deft piloting to map the planet’s topography, an achievement that continues to pay dividends ...

This is the second installment of a two-part series about the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Read part one here. Elevation ...

The black is where we still need modern measurements at a reasonable resolution We've just become a little less ignorant about Planet Earth ... of the world, good ocean-floor maps are a must.

In the age of Google Earth, watches that triangulate and cars with built-in GPS, there's something about a globe — a spherical representation of the world in ... of their map image,” says ...

In a repeat of 2023, an August Super Blue Sturgeon Full Moon illuminated the night sky Monday. But this time, it’s “blue” for a different reason. “Although it will not look blue, as the ...

Large parts of the world got a rare glimpse of the Northern Lights on Friday night, after one of the strongest geomagnetic storms to hit Earth for years. These events increase chances of the ...

The second full moon of spring 2024 in the northern hemisphere rose last night and was photographed around the globe, appearing ... through the thickest layer of Earth's atmosphere.

That's exactly happened overnight on Aug. 19-20 when, in a world-first, JUICE performed a flyby of the moon, which it will follow up with one of Earth. Changing JUICE's speed will alter its ...

A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has travelled since NASA’s moonwalkers. SpaceX’s capsule ...

For the past several years, Niantic has tried to build a rich 3D map of the world by asking players of ... of Engineering and co-inventor of Google Earth, told TechCrunch that the company used ...

The 2024 World Pipe Band champions have been crowned after two days of competition in Glasgow. Inveraray and District triumphed ahead of Field Marshall Montgomery from Northern Ireland and Canada ...

a world premiere adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III, adapted and directed by Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, at The Old Globe.