What do you picture when you think of the Sahara? A vast expanse of towering sand dunes? The occasional oasis, perhaps? But ...

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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 ...

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.

A fierce dust storm called a haboob left some drivers in southern New Mexico stuck on interstate highways with nearly zero road visibility early Monday, while more dust clouds could be seen from space ...

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 ...

Israel’s refusal to withdraw from a narrow strip of desert on the Gaza side of the border with Egypt, as called for in the ceasefire with Hamas, could further threaten the fragile truce.

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.

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 ...

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.