First someone had to conceive the idea of maps, then someone had to conceive the identity of ecosystems, and then someone ...

What the animated exoplanet timeline shows The video shows a flattened map of the 360-degree night sky as seen from Earth ... purple circles show a planet found by its transit, or passage in ...

Earth, our home planet, is a world unlike any other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is the only place in the known universe confirmed to host life. With a radius of 3,959 miles, Earth is the ...

Maps are useful tools to help people navigate ... A globe is a model of planet Earth, showing how it looks from space. This one shows all the countries of the world, almost 200, including the ...

In this map-based feature, gauge the scope and effects, both actual and potential, of the human "footprint" on our planet. To launch the interactive, click on the image at left.—Lexi Krock ...

Earth is our home planet, and it's the only place in the universe where we know for certain that life exists. Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago from a swirling cloud of gas and dust squished ...

A new global map, based on U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data, pinpoints the richest rare earth mineral reserves on the ...

A distinctive blue and green image of Earth reveals our planet's most remarkable features. At 4.54 billion years old, our home world is a venerable object. But it was only with the arrival of the ...