To transform people’s understanding and decision-making about the planet, the Google Maps Platform is increasingly leveraging ...

Google has introduced a new AI model called AlphaEarth Foundations that it says can function like a "virtual satellite." The model uses a system called "embedding," which works by taking big volumes ...

The first images from the European Space Agency’s MTG-S satellite offer an early look at how the mission will improve weather forecasting across Europe and Northern Africa. Reading time 3 minutes What ...

There are many, many weird things seen on Google Earth. The service, which was launched in 2005, compiles images from various sources, from satellites in geosynchronous orbit that snap low-resolution ...

Oymyakon is a rural settlement located in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) in northeastern Russia, widely recognized as the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth. Winter temperatures regularly drop ...