While asteroids are more easily discovered with optical telescopes, radar images shine when it comes to details.

In every city studied, at least 20% of the urban area is sinking – and in 25 of 28 cities, at least 65% is sinking. The ...

President Trump has said he prefers diplomacy over Iran's nuclear program, but has not ruled out military action ...

The U.S. has strengthened its military presence in the region and threatened military action against Iran if no nuclear deal is achieved.

On Tuesday, the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched a first-of-a-kind satellite which uses a ... The team is hoping to produce the first maps within six months, and will then ...

Named Biomass, the new satellite, which has been described as a “giant umbrella”, will allow them to examine Earth’s forests as never before. On Tuesday morning, it was fired into orbit from the north ...

The satellite will create a 3D map of tropical forests after 17 months, then new (non-3D) maps every 9 months for the rest of the 5-year mission, providing insights normally hidden from human sight ...

April has been one of those classically confusing periods that has nonetheless presented investors with unusually attractive opportunities. The precisely incorrect positioning was to be super long ...

This map shows seismic speed in the Earth’s crust at 200 kilometers depth across the continental United States and portions of Central America and Canada. The North American craton (outlined in ...

A central Iowa high school teacher is one step closer to becoming America's next favorite teacher. Heston, a teacher at Knoxville for more than two decades, advanced to the semis on April 18.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Several months after he assumed leadership of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made his first trip overseas. It was back home to Latin America, where the Argentine pontiff ...

There have been 307 hurricanes that made landfall in the mainland United States since records began in 1851, and now you can see them all on a single map. University of Oklahoma student Michael ...