Google Earth combines satellite imagery and aerial photography to create a rich picture of earth. You can use Google Earth online, on your smartphone or tablet, or on its desktop app — all for free.

WASHINGTON — To explore the complex interactions between the natural world and society and enhance our understanding of Earth’s systems — the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, cryosphere, biosphere, ...

Earth Day is one of the most popular and widespread non-religious holidays in the world, recognized in over 100 nations across continents. Although the event was primarily based in the United States, ...

More than one billion people participate in Earth Day, making it the largest civic observance in the world. This year, make sure you join in on the action. Celebrated annually on April 22, Earth Day ...

Earth Hour - the world's largest environmental movement - is returning for its 18th year and aims to create the biggest hour for Earth yet. On 23 March Earth Hour will focus on uniting people around ...

A 15-year study details the origins and diversity of every known mineral on Earth, a landmark body of work that will help reconstruct the history of life on Earth, guide the search for new minerals ...

The ISS was over the South part of Chili when the original image was taken. New research suggests Earth was created in a fraction of the time scientists previously thought it formed, suggesting that ...

The primordial fires just after the Big Bang. The atmospheres of distant planets around another star. The towering pillars of interstellar dust glowing brightly in the vastness of space. That is what ...

While Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has been a constant feature of the planet for centuries, a team of astronomers have discovered equally large spots at the planet’s north and south poles that appear and ...