A new map shows hidden Martian rivers stretching thousands of miles, offering fresh evidence of a warm, wet ancient Mars.

New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon ...

For the service's 20th anniversary, Google was inspired by a social media trend from last year in which people shared ...

The map that NASA launched in 1972 could lead extraterrestrials to Earth. A new map, nearly 50 years later, provides even better directions.

Earth system scientists developed the planetary boundaries framework for measuring and tracking the stability and resilience ...

Since Kepler's laws of motion dictate that celestial bodies orbit more slowly when farther from the sun, we are now moving at ...

ESA’s Biomass satellite reveals hidden carbon, forests, and terrain using advanced radar that sees through trees, sand, and ice.

Normally, younger rocks are deposited above older ones, forming predictable geologic layers. In the North Sea, this process ...

American space agency NASA says the SPHEREx telescope has begun returning science data, and it will all be shared with the public.

In its inaugural year, the International Aerial Photographer of the Year Awards feature stunning images from photographers ...

Learn about Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson (1916–2005) and how environmental disasters of his day inspired the creation of Earth Day in 1970. On December 7, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts captured a now ...