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

Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la ...

When it comes to operating beyond the limits of the known world into the world of imagination, [the tablet] is indispensable, ...

Joel Lapointe was scouring the Cote-Nord region of Quebec for potential camping spots when he saw something unusual. There ...

Since the advent of geobrowser Google Earth, a number of strange and mysterious things around the globe are visible.

Joël Lapointe wasn’t looking for what he discovered when he opened Google Maps. He was simply planning a camping trip in ...

Earth may have sported a Saturn-like ring system 466 million years ago, after it captured and wrecked a passing asteroid, a new study suggests. The debris ring, which likely lasted tens of millions of ...

Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing detailed maps of the Sun's coronal magnetic fields. This milestone promises to enhance our understanding of ...

The Earth: a ringed planet, much like Saturn, surrounded by a hula hoop of asteroids. The summit of Mount Everest: a tropical ...

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"It's the first time an image of the two celestial bodies have been captured together from the surface of Mars." ...

A man believes he found a meteor crater impact in Canada after searching the region on Google Maps for an upcoming camping trip. He’s a natural-born search engine. A ...