Old maps are rife with phantom islands. Sometimes these nonexistent landmasses come about because of mistakes made by sailors or cartographers; sometimes they can be traced back to folklore or legends ...

Astronomers have produced the first continuous, two-dimensional maps of the outer edge of the sun's atmosphere, a shifting, frothy boundary that marks where solar winds escape the sun's magnetic grasp ...

Earthquakes off the coast of northern Japan, due to stress between plate boundaries, have happened regularly over the centuries, with sometimes devastating effects. From southern Hokkaidō to around ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A zoo on Java island released photos of Indonesia’s first locally-born giant panda cub, and said the male cub was showing signs of being in good health. The mother, 15-year-old Hu ...

A home in Sandy divided in half, a severed condominium complex in Huntsville and homes in Utah County split apart — those are some of the issues in a court-designated congressional map that created ...

The move dealt a blow to efforts by Texas Republicans and President Trump to flip Democratic seats in the state. Texas quickly filed a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court. By Nick Corasaniti and J.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers were searching Friday for people who went missing in landslides triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia ’s Java island. Authorities reported three ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Landslides triggered by torrential rains in Indonesia ’s Java island killed two people and left 21 others missing, officials said Friday. Rescuers are still searching for the ...