Google announced Thursday it will begin showing the Earth as a globe rather than a flat "mercator projection" as it formerly had. The result is that when you zoom out all the way in Google Maps ...

A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an ...

Earth is moving much faster than it seems ... If we move halfway up the globe to 45 degrees in latitude (either north or south), you calculate the speed by using the cosine (a trigonometric ...

The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle has returned to Earth after circling the world for 434 days.

This big Arctic island with a tiny population holds early parliamentary elections Tuesday that are being closely watched. U.S ...

The Union restates our support for a geoscience community that is diverse as an essential feature of conducting cutting edge, ...