Earth is not alone, and a stunning new animation created using NASA data beautifully illustrates that point. There may be trillions of other planets in our galaxy, the Milky Way (which itself is one ...

How many lightning strikes are taking place around the world every minute? If your answer is anything less than 300, you're in for a shock. A stunning interactive map has revealed just how much of ...

It's the first time Earth's geologic record — information found inside rocks — has been used to create an animation of this kind. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Some people who love traveling record the details of their travel experiences by taking lots of photos and posting them on their blogs, or posting their impressions of each place they visit on social ...

For a planet so far from the sun, its upper atmosphere is a boiling 400 degrees Celsius (750 Fahrenheit). That's about the same as Earth's upper atmosphere. "Jupiter is five times farther from the sun ...

Over the years, Minecraft players have come up with many ways to make stunning artworks with the help of maps. Maps are in-game items with which players can see a portion of the game's world. Players ...

Bitcoin continues to soar in value and reached a milestone Monday morning when it passed $600 on the Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange for the first time. Investors around the world have taken notice of ...

One of the best known and commonly used world maps, the Mercator Projection, depicts Greenland and Africa as being roughly the same size. In reality, Africa is 14 times larger. This clever animation ...