Researchers have now decoded a Babylonian tablet, which is thought to be the oldest map of the world. It was created between ...

The Bhagavata Purana describes seven ancient continents called Sapta-Dvipa: Jambu, Plaksha, Salmala, Kusha, Krauncha, Saka, ...

The world's oceans are home to different habitats that capture and store carbon—known as "blue carbon." These include ...

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have released the largest infrared map of the Milky Way ever. The enormous ...

As wars and crises dominate global headlines, leaders from small island developing States used the UN General Assembly ...

From a solar eclipse to a dolphin-like nebula, these otherworldly sights are captured in sharp detail by astrophotographers ...

An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the consequences of human-caused warming.

Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface. They drive weather patterns for the entire globe, and absorb a vast amount ...

The world's oceans are close to becoming too acidic to properly sustain marine life or help stabilize the climate, a new ...

Gravity research reveals hidden structures beneath Mars' lost oceans and Olympus Mons, shedding light on the planet’s ...

Ever-increasing data and video traffic volumes are driving demand for more subsea network capacityNew submarine cables are ...

Iron carried in clouds of Saharan dust blown across the Atlantic Ocean is increasingly available to tiny life forms the further it travels.