A moderately strong, 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck in Ethiopia on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

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Given the increasing importance of rare earths, countries with large reserves are gaining significant economic and political influence.

Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or ...

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Google Maps is one of the most useful navigational tools on Android. It enables people to preview a trip and plan for obstacles. However, knowing how to find where you are right now on the map is ...

Earth was so cold at the time that the oceans were frozen all the way to the equator, and life only existed ... How sea level rise could drench the world map. It's not clear what triggered those ...

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NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions will launch on Friday, February 28, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, with SPHEREx creating a panoramic map of the universe and PUNCH monitoring space weather and the solar ...

From pole to equator, the sphere is covered in a thick crust of ice. In orbit around the white planet is a single cratered moon. You are gazing on Earth in the Cryogenian period, 700 million years ...

NASA says Earth is in the clear from asteroid 2024 YR4, which previously had a small chance of hitting our planet in 2032. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...