However, the open-source project isn’t about bragging rights. With over 2.75 billion buildings detailed in the map, the ...

"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental ...

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NASA's SPHEREx has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, revealing hidden details about galaxies and the early ...

The most detailed portraits ever of the Earth’s land surface have been created with ESA’s Envisat environmental satellite. The portraits are the first products produced as part of the ESA-initiated ...

NASA has turned its attention to a ghostly shroud of hydrogen that stretches far beyond the familiar blue edge of our planet, ...

NASA shared striking views of nearly all of Earth's water in new maps of the planet's global sea levels. Already, scientists are thrilled with the data the satellite is providing. "The detail that ...

Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it's round, not flat? True. But that isn't the point. See, the ...

The geology of the ocean floor is truly spectacular — perhaps even more than land geology. Unfortunately, it's really hard to study.

Nearly 20 years ago, researchers at Oregon State University began leading an effort to collect information about the structure and evolution of the North American continent using electromagnetic ...