Explore new features coming to Google Earth and take a look back at the major milestones of the platform since 2005.

Embark on a journey to explore the most surreal and captivating natural wonders across the globe. The Crescent Lake in China’s Gobi Desert, a centuries-old oasis, offers a breathtaking sight amid the ...

But researchers disagree on exactly how old they are. Work from two decades ago suggested the rocks could be 4.3 billion years old, placing them in the earliest period of Earth’s history.

Yes, we've been able to time-travel around our cities and previous homes for years now on Google Maps, but Google Earth feels ...

Whenever the ground shakes, a small cylindrical device inside a vault 30 feet beneath Fordham University’s Bronx campus pays attention. It’s called a seismometer, and it’s housed under a ...

Later this week, a piece of Cold War space history is expected to return to Earth—although where it will land remains unclear. Scientists estimate that Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that launched ...

Google Earth got a Street View feature that effectively lets users travel through time.

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

Scientists pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from the Antarctic, as they try to learn how Earth’s climate changed over the eons ...

Few topics have been as contentious among both scientists and laypeople as the age of the Earth. How old is Earth, and how did scientists arrive at that number?

A newfound "chicken-size" dinosaur, recently unearthed in Wyoming, changes what paleontologists thought they knew about how dinosaurs spread across the globe.

Google Earth, the interactive digital globe known for its sweeping satellite views and exquisite 3D flyovers, is turning 20 years old this month.