It is hard to imagine navigating the streets of the world without help from Google Maps. However, while most of us use the ...

A remake of a 2008 NASA animation reveals what the world would look in a “Mad Max” scenario in which all the water on Earth evaporated. “I like how this animation reveals that the ocean floor is just ...

NASA’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites and the instruments aboard the International Space Station are always looking down on the globe and providing images for scientists, government agencies, ...

This portion of an 80-gigapixel image of London is the largest 360-degree panorama in the world. It is unmatched in its clarity and definition. The image is one of many such gigapixel images of cities ...

Andreas Mogensen became the first Dane in orbit when he arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) as part of SpaceX’s Crew-7 in August 2023. After just over six months aboard the orbital ...

As spring is fully under way, flowers and chirping birds and all, it’s hard not to breathe a pleasurable sigh at the gorgeous sights of a world reawakened — and, perhaps, to dab at a sniffly nose as ...

Earth’s Rotation Day 2026, observed on January 8, highlights how Earth’s constant rotation shapes day and night, climate, ...

It's been a rough holiday season for everyone — indeed, a rough few years. But seeing the Earth from space tends to put all of our problems into perspective. The phenomenon even has a name: the ...

Earth Day, marked annually on April 22, exists primarily to inspire the global population to work together to protect our planet from environmental harm. But it’s also a chance to celebrate everything ...