Climate change is the most pressing problem humanity will face this century. Tracking how the climate is actually changing ...

With this amount of sand coverage, there’s still plenty of opportunity for the formation of vast dune seas, known as ergs.

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This 2023 astronaut photo shows a series of slowly moving "star dunes" in the Erg Chebbi region of Morocco. Most of these massive structures are likely several centuries old.

This intriguing astronaut photo shows around a dozen giant "star dunes" as they slowly dance across a sandy field near the edge of the Sahara desert. The rare dunes, which are often confused with ...

Scientists and policymakers are mostly concerned about soils degrading in once-fertile regions that are gradually becoming wastelands, rather than areas deep in the Sahara Desert. Still ...

ALL RIGHT. RIGHT NOW, WE’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK FROM CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION. SPACE X IS ABOUT TO SEND UP ANOTHER FALCON NINE ROCKET. THIS ONE WILL HAVE 21 STARLINK SATELLITES ON BOARD.

Two space mining missions are blasting off this week, with one heading to the southern-most point ever visited on the moon's surface. A robotic moon lander called Athena will embark on Intuitive ...

There it is: I love a dry space because it’s good for ... Another thing I’ve learnt from my time in desert hideouts like Arizona, the southern Sahara, the edge of the Gobi and even on a ...

The second American spacecraft headed toward a moon landing in as many months is set to launch as soon as Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center. Destination: the moon's still unexplored south pole ...

Moroccan authorities this month arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel, a region south of the Sahara Desert, officials said Monday.