On this day, December 27, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 returned to Earth. Blazing into the atmosphere at over 38 kilometers per hour, the capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean about 4.7 kilometers ...
A 2018 satellite photo shows the aptly named Deception Island, which was formed by a massive eruption 4,000 years ago and ...
Improved satellite data reveals hidden underwater peaks, reshaping ocean mapping and advancing climate predictions.
The European Space Agency's (ESA) European Remote Sensing 2 (ERS-2) satellite reentered Earth's atmosphere at 12:15 EST (1715 GMT) over the Pacific Ocean. The fall ended a nearly 13-year ...
This remote area of the South Pacific, 34 times larger than France, is the graveyard for hundreds of derelict spacecraft – ...
A research team led by National Taiwan University used geochemical indicators from deep-sea sediments to reconstruct the ...