Many battles have been fought in LOTR's Middle-earth, from Valar squabbles to the Fellowship's journey to Mount Doom.

Satellite imagery shows a sandstorm over large area in the Middle East region. Video credit: CSU/CIRA & EUMETSAT ...

Subscribe to the Daily News Brief. The United States maintains a considerable military presence in the Middle East, with forces in more than a dozen countries and on ships throughout the region ...

This slice of the DESI data maps celestial objects from Earth (center) to billions of light years away. Among the objects are nearby bright galaxies (yellow), luminous red galaxies (orange), ...