A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

Lord of the Rings fans at Minecraft Middle-earth have spent years recreating J.R.R Tolkien's fantasy realm with the video ...

Earth is home to some truly bizarre and breathtaking ... Lake Hillier, located on Middle Island, Western Australia, definitely looks like it belongs on another planet. The stark contrast between ...

the words "help," "LAPD," and "federal" are seen written out with debris among dumpsters and trash on Google Earth and Google Maps. The word "trafico" is also written on the land, sparking ...

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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

Usually, a wander around Google Earth will be to look at your uni mate’s house or to figure out what random bar you stumbled into the other night. But one area has sparked major concern online ...

Google Maps will display the name “Gulf of America” instead of the “Gulf of Mexico” for U.S. users once official government sources are updated to reflect the name change ordered by ...

The climate on such a world must be beyond bizarre. A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. The planet, known as HD ...

Back in December, Iron_S1ghts leaked the Super Earth map with different regions. More recently, the dataminer leaked that “Super Earth now supports urban environments,” and the leaker also ...