#Earth

When it comes to understanding Earth and our changing environment, space is the place. Not only does it give us an overall holistic view of the planet below, but satellite-based imagery can transcend national boundaries and give us an understanding of key…

The poem appears to have geophysics and geology that was not understood in medieval times.

The universe is vast and teeming with stars – but if intelligent life exists, it may not be able to visit Earth.

Water World, created by Seán Doran from imagery captured by a NASA/NOAA weather satellite, is a gorgeous, swirling, painterly portrait of the Earth’s dynamic atmosphere. Doran calls it “a meditati

New case studies highlight how stakeholders use and benefit from data and products generated by USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI).

NASA researchers James Irons and Eric Vermote have been selected as winners of the 2025 William T. Pecora Award for their outstanding leadership and pioneering research that revolutionized the Landsat program and advanced global, land-change monitoring.

Maverick director Nicolas Roeg delivered a surreal sci-fi classic in 1976 that still resonates today.

India and Russia signed pacts to develop rare earth magnet technologies as New Delhi expands critical mineral partnerships to secure supply chains.

Kingdom Come Deliverance studio Warhorse could be a great fit to make a Lord of the Rings RPG. But in which age will it be set and which characters will it feat

SHE'S DONE HER RESEARCH The Earth is not flat (45 seconds) -- it's concave. She may be wrong about Trump and the planet's shape, but she seems harmless an

The familiar concept of a planetary core, a small, dense metallic heart we take for granted, may be the exception rather than the rule for exoplanets.

Scientists have created a global “treasure map” for rare earth elements by uncovering where the strange volcanic rocks that contain them are most likely to form.…

New research suggests Earth’s climate can swing wildly on surprisingly short timescales — even during hot, ice-free greenhouse periods. By studying ancient sediments from the Late Cretaceous, scientists uncovered repeating climate shifts tied to tiny…

Our planet's liquid iron outer core is slowly giving up its secrets to a trio of satellites launched by ESA in 2013. Called Swarm, the three probes have been studying Earth's magnetic field at the source.…