The body of water formerly known in the United States as the Gulf of Mexico is now listed for US-based users of Google Maps as the Gulf of America.

Maps are ubiquitous—on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and ...

Since December, astronomers have been carefully studying whether an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long will impact the ...

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

The world's smallest continent is on the move - creeping about 2.8 inches, or seven centimetres, a year towards southeast Asia.

NASA calculates a 2.3% chance of the asteroid, over 50 meters in size, impacting our planet. The Space Agency and NASA have recalculated their predictions, and the chances of the asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

The Fascination with Neanderthals Begins For many, the name Neanderthals conjures images of hairy, robust humans who walked ...

Mars will appear to make an ultraclose approach to the moon on Sunday, after Jupiter had a turn earlier this week. Here's how to get the best view of the rare conjunction.

Just half a degree rise of global warming will triple the size of the area of Earth that is considered to be too hot for ...