Previous observations suggested that Ceres was less than 30% ice, and its craters were thought to imply that the dwarf planet ...

AS winter fast approaches getting out and about is a great way to stay healthy and fit over the colder months. With Scotland’s epic coastline 11,640 miles in length, there is no shortage of ...

LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, is a remote sensing technology that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure ranges (or variable distances) of a sensor, usually mounted aboard an ...

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM, pronounced “trim” ) satellite is the most accurate rainfall observing satellite to orbit the Earth. It carries a suite ... other geographic information ...

Point Nemo, the world’s most remote spot, lies isolated in the Pacific Ocean, over 1,600 miles from the nearest landmass. Lost between the coasts of New Zealand and Antarctica, this place is so ...

When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet ...

When humans pump groundwater, it has a substantial impact on the tilt of Earth’s rotation. Additionally, a study documents just how much of an influence groundwater pumping has on climate change.

This is caused by Earth’s rotation, which creates centrifugal force – the same force that would cause you to fly off a spinning merry-go-round if you didn’t hold on. This force produces a slight bulge ...

Recent earth science developments suggest that how ... In place of an obvious point of thinning where ocean crust is forming, the continental crust between Africa and Asia is splintering into ...