Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

Data from the NISAR satellite will be used to map crop growth, track plant health, and monitor soil moisture—offering detailed, timely information for decision making.

It covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but the ocean floor is less mapped than the moon, an astonishing fact driving a ...

Given the increasing importance of rare earths, countries with large reserves are gaining significant economic and political ...

For thousands of years, people have survived in the Alps with traditional, straightforward food and drink. From strudel to ...

Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding tree traits and ...

"Why would the so-called most powerful man in the world intervene on the behalf of one of the world’s worst and most prolific alleged sex traffickers and rapists?” The Tate brothers ...

A robotic NASA spacecraft called Lunar Trailblazer, which launched Wednesday night from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is aiming to provide a detailed map from ... as a world devoid of water.

A Mexican delegation will meet in Washington on Thursday to finalize a security deal, as White House officials debate a strategy for fighting cartels and stemming the flow of drugs across the ...

Japan and India rank next to China in Asia's GDP rankings. 4. What are the top 10 richest countries in the world? The top 10 richest countries in the world by GDP per capita are as follows: ...

Seventy-one percent of the planet is covered by ocean. If we were to make an elevation average of the Earth’s surface, we’d be 3,000 meters (almost 10,000 feet) below the sea. This vast expanse is ...

A recent study by a NASA-led team has detailed the areas of California where land is sinking, or rising, the most. While NASA ...