The poles are warming faster than anywhere else on Earth, and fires in the northern boreal forest are increasing in both ...

A U.S. Geological Survey effort to find underground deposits of clean energy metals has gotten bipartisan support.

Satellite company Maxar is building a detailed digital Earth that can help robots orient themselves in the face of GPS ...

The next partial solar eclipse is expected to occur on September 21 and be visible in the Southern Hemisphere. Those viewing ...

Scientists using a submersible robot discovered patterns under the Antarctic ice that have never been seen before by humans.

How do volcanologists determine the height of eruptive plumes from Yellowstone’s past explosive eruptions? Ironically, you ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

While Earth is warming in total, not all parts are warming at the same rate or at the same time. Understanding these variations can help scientists forecast future changes and climate-related impacts.

Despite centuries of efforts to map our planet precisely, our view of the world will always be political and imperfect.

DESI's first dataset maps 18.7 million celestial objects, aiding dark energy, galaxy, and universe expansion studies.

NASA and the French space agency CNES's SWOT satellite provides researchers with the tools to create the most accurate ocean maps yet.