A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

As part of the ongoing effort, a NASA-supported team recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the seafloor.

A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Afghanistan on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The ...

The most detailed portrait ever of the Earth’s land surface is being created with ESA’s Envisat environmental satellite. The GLOBCOVER project aims at producing a global land cover map to a resolution ...

A 3D map of planet WASP-18b reveals extreme heat zones and broken water vapor in its atmosphere for the first time.

Google Maps and Earth have revolutionized how we see the world. Google Maps navigates unknown cities in real time, and Google Earth operates on a larger scale. Google Earth takes us on an immersive ...

A map depicting a flat Earth surrounded by rings of ice walls from an online art forum is being taken by some social media users as evidence the planet is flat. The illustration depicts the continents ...

The now-defunct satellite ERS-2 disintegrated over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, returning to Earth after more than ten years in space, between Alaska and Hawaii, according to the European Space ...

Beginning in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia steadily escalated into one of the ...

If you've ever wondered what the elevation of your location is, you can find out with Google Maps on both desktop and mobile.