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New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut at the ISS, has captivated the world with stunning Earth images.
The current iteration of the galactic map is caught up with the sequels, featuring the Jedi planet Ahch-To and Sith planet Exegol in the unknown regions of space. It also includes many of the new ...
Beyond student visas and sleek skylines are personal journeys filled with culture shocks, fierce resilience, and the search ...
This animated map shows how global populations are distributed across Earth by dividing the globe into slices covering 10% of ...
Irina Marinov, associate professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, leads a research community focused on understanding global climate impacts, risks, and vulnerabilities to ...
Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the major global ocean currents. The geological age of the currents plays a ...
This map is a Spilhaus projection, showing the world's seas and oceans as a single body of water, centred on Antarctica and ...
A massive crack in East Africa is growing fast. Scientists believe it could one day split the continent and form Earth’s ...
Unique IDs make it easier and cheaper to attach data to geospatial entities, such as buildings, streets, places, etc. SAN FRANCISCO, June 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Overture Maps Foundation, a ...
Hipparchus’s star catalog is the oldest known attempt to document the positions of as many objects in the night sky as possible, and it was the first time that two coordinates were used to ...
The Earth as we know it today is the result of billions of years of geological activity, where continents have shifted, collided, and broken apart over time. But what did Earth look like in its early ...