Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the universe in unprecedented detail, from violent cosmic collisions to faraway ...

A national park-themed attraction is on its way to Frontierland at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Disney announced Tuesday that Piston Peak National Park will be the "largest expansion in the ...

The map at the centre of this issue is a government-built, high-resolution 1:5000 digital base map maintained by the National Geographic Information Institute (NGII).

At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the “unsinkable” R.M.S. Titanic disappeared beneath the waves, taking with her 1,500 souls. One hundred years later, new technologies have revealed the most ...

A new trail in this southern Arizona city plots the most visitor-friendly astronomy stops—and there are plenty to choose from, including world-class observatories and six Dark Sky parks.

New technologies mean ocean exploration can go deeper than ever before, without breaking the surface of the water. National Geographic Explorer Ved Chirayath uses such technology to map the sea ...

This study assesses the feasibility of establishing CSP plants in Ghardaïa, a city in southern Algeria, using high-resolution 30 × 30 -meter Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data.

Jeff Kerby maps extraordinary life at extremes The ecologist and photographer examines nature’s rhythms in the world’s harshest environments.

Lost Silk Road cities were just discovered with groundbreaking tech Scientists were surprised to find a medieval metropolis atop mountains, providing new insights into life along the ancient trade ...

Europa is an icy ocean world—and NASA is finally going to explore it For the first time, NASA is journeying to this mysterious moon to determine if it might be able to host alien life.

Researchers leveraging the Tianwen-1 mission's data have developed a high-resolution global color-image map of Mars, achieving an unprecedented resolution of 76 meters and enhancing the color ...