NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth June 29 that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA’s Terra spacecraft.

Tectonic map of the Earth. Hasterok et al. 2022/Earth-Sci.Rev. Based on a series of models considering how the continents were assembled over time, a team of researchers at the University of ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

A new study shows that 50.4% of land on Earth needs to be protected to reverse biodiversity loss, halt climate change and prevent future pandemics, with Latin American countries poised to lead ...

A view of several different projections of Earth. In a new paper, Bojan Šavriča, Tom Patterson, and Bernhard Jenny said: ‘We searched for alternative equal-area map projections for world maps ...

Now Google has updated Google Earth with the imagery from Landsat 8, launched in 2013. The new satellite is able to capture images with “greater detail, truer colors, and at an unprecedented ...

New Gravity Map Reveals Lumpy Earth. The best map yet of Earth's gravity field can help track ocean currents and study the forces behind major earthquakes, experts say.

New Nighttime Map Shows Earth in Whole New Light. Comparing satellite data from 2012 and 2016 reveals where the planet has dimmed and brightened. By Betsy Mason. April 29, 2017 ...

The new map was made from Aquarius's first two-and-a-half weeks of data. The instrument was blasted into space on June 10, 2011, and became operational on Aug. 25.

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...