Large telescopes are custom-built and rare. There is no standard practice or model. Every time a large telescope is built, its designers must re-think the challenges, check every application, and ...

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NASA is gearing up for a bold new era of lunar exploration with three advanced instruments set to investigate the Moon’s ...

LGND has raised $9 million to convert geographic data into vector embeddings to power AI models that understand the Earth.

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

The discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in Western Australia. But not everyone is convinced ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

Fortunately, there’s an interactive map that can help with that. As Boing Boing explains, TimeMap.org combines the what, who, and where of history into one convenient world map.

Bechtol and his fellow scientists hope they can learn more about the universe than all of scientific progress has allowed in ...

The 2017-2027 Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space (ESAS 2017) will help shape science priorities and guide agency investments into the next decade. The survey, sponsored by ...

From dogs predicting your mood to sea turtles navigating with magnetic maps, animals may have senses humans can’t even ...