The Arab Muslim victory at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah paved the way for the Islamic conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia.

NASA and ISRO's NISAR satellite aims to revolutionize our understanding of Earth's surface movements with frequent global ...

Researchers used declassified spy satellite images to pinpoint the historic Battle of al-Qadisiyyah ...

One island of an archipelago far north of Russia has disappeared, satellite images show. Alexandra Barymova Lomonosov Moscow ...

Archaeologists have identified the site of an ancient battle in what is now Iraq by comparing historical accounts with ...

Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment ...

From petrified forests to a fiery crater burning for 50+ years, these eight geological phenomena reveal Earth's mysterious forces.

Landsat satellites have gone beyond observing Earth’s land by enabling new methods to measure ocean depth in shallow coastal ...

A new study details how climate change transforms coastal wetlands in North Carolina from forest to marshland or even open water, and how satellite imagery may help better direct conservation efforts ...

Satellite data has enabled researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop a new way to measure ocean depth. The technique, which uses imagery captured by the Landsat program, works ...

Most of these regions cannot be covered by traditional surface-level cell towers. The benefits of satellite connectivity are clear. You get consistent coverage regardless of terrain and it acts as ...

Floods, storms, and landslides affected about 3 billion people in 1998-2017 and caused about 70% of global disaster-related economic losses: in a changing climate, water-induced hazards will continue ...