O ur planet is a water world. Around 71 percent of Earth's surface is covered by sea – and this view of the world really hits ...

Besides the Nimitz, a second U.S. aircraft carrier, USS George Washington, is stationed in the Western Pacific Ocean. As of Friday, it remained at its Yokosuka home port in Japan, according to a local ...

A greater fighter range would help the Air Force reach targets in contested airspace in the Pacific, where refueling tankers ...

Budget carrier Cebu Pacific on Thursday announced one-way promotional base fares for as low as P188 for domestic flights and P999 for international flights, in celebration of the Labor Day. In an ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

April 30, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific Railroad unveiled the Abraham Lincoln commemorative locomotive No. 1616 today in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Numerous dignitaries, including ...

Researchers have successfully launched a new satellite that is designed to study the planet's forests and "provide unprecedented insight" into how those regions impact the Earth's carbon cycle ...

Amazon launched its first batch of satellites into orbit on Monday in the company’s first step toward rivaling Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite constellation. Amazon’s Project Kuiper sent 27 ...

And it happened unexpectedly fast. If the trend continues, it could encourage the return of La Niña-like conditions in the Pacific Ocean later this year. And if that happens, winds over the ...

The Pacific Northwest is ripe for a major earthquake — and shaking and tsunamis wouldn’t be the only threats from such an event, according to new research. Coastal land would also sink nearly ...

A major earthquake along a West Coast fault could have catastrophic consequences across coastal Washington, Oregon and northern California. Running offshore from northern California to British ...

A Vega C lifts off April 29 carrying ESA's Biomass satellite. Credit: ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/Optique vidéo du CSG–S. Martin WASHINGTON — A Vega C rocket successfully launched an Earth science ...