The Largest Hot Desert When imagining the vastness of the world, the Sahara Desert often stands out. 2 million square kilometers, it ranks as the largest hot desert on our planet. To give you a ...

Desert storms can carry mile-high dust clouds over thousands of miles. In 2013, a sandstorm originating in the Gobi Desert in China traveled over 6,000 miles across the Pacific to California.

Here are four quick facts about the African dust approaching the United States this week. ... In the satellite imagery taken on June 2, source regions can be seen over the desert, ...

5 fun facts about evolution. The last common ancestor of all life on Earth is estimated to have existed around 4.2 billion years ago.; There are three ingredients necessary for natural selection ...

The Extremely Large Telescope is currently under construction, with the most recent milestones including progress made with building the dome, central structure and the base for the primary mirror.