The final 3D atlas of the sky will help scientists study dark matter and dark energy, which make up 96 percent of the ...

From spines on neurons to pollen on an insect’s eye, the winners of Nikon’s Small World photo contest offer a kaleidoscopic ...

A mouse's tumours, scales from a butterfly's wings and a smiling cross-section of a bracken fern are some of the incredible ...

The Euclid space telescope's massive “cosmic atlas” promises to shed light on fundamental questions in physics and cosmology ...

In the waning hours of 2015, as we reflected on the images produced by a year dominated by Europe’s migrant crisis, the world hoped that policy changes might ease the burden on thousands of ...

The annual Small World photomicrography competition, now in its 50th year, puts life’s smallest details under the microscope.

Newsweek 's map roughly traces the nuclear force movements of the United States, Russia, China, North Korea, India and France ...

Beverage directors and bartenders pick their favorite whiskies from lesser-known whisky-producing countries, from a Taiwanese ...

Name: Babylonian Map of the World ("Imago Mundi" in Latin) What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world Where it is from: Abu Habba (Sippar), an ancient ...

After Planet Labs agreed to supply NATO with its remarkable satellite imagery, Planet’s founder said he aims to bolster NATO ...

The Euclid space telescope, launched by the European Space Agency ( ESA), recently captured its first breathtaking images, ...

In search of Hezbollah commanders, Israel expanded its military operation from the south to the north of Lebanon, mainly populated by Christians. A UNHCR report states most of 22 people killed in an I ...