Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species vanished during the end-Permian mass extinction—the most extreme event of its ...

New research indicates that the water on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has a molecular signature closely matching that of water found in Earth's oceans. This discovery revives the possibility that ...

Bhamo, a town in the northern hills of Myanmar, home to just 166,000 people, may appear to be a small town, but it is where almost half of the world's heavy rare earths are found, like the minerals ...

Maxar’s detailed digital Earth joins a growing AI push to help robots orient themselves in the face of GPS attacks. Before the advent of GPS, especially at sea, navigation meant finding your position ...

Explore new features coming to Google Earth and take a look back at the major milestones of the platform since 2005. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily life and how ...