Astrophotographer Josh Dury’s photo of the Milky Way over Easter Island’s Moai statues has been honoured by NASA as Astronomy Photo of the Day.

Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the ...

The moai was found lying on its side in what was once an underwater volcanic crater lake. Researchers on Easter Island have found a previously undiscovered moai - one of the Pacific island's ...

In the foreground, a stern moai statue points its nose skyward. "[This is] 21 images blended into a single frame," Dury said in an email. "Captured between 12:23 - 15:52 local time." Dury added ...

An unexpected find in tiny crystals hints that the Earth's mantle may not quite behave as has been believed for nearly a century.

Yet today you can better printers for a fraction of that and $1,300 will buy you an open source Moai SLA printer as a kit. [3D Printing Nerd] took a field trip to MatterHackers to check the ...

The world's most isolated airport is on a remote island almost 8,500 miles away from the UK. Mataveri International Airport ...

Researching which moai statues to visit on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Chile can be overwhelming. I speak from experience, ...

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question of how the Rapanui people transported the multi-ton statues, or moai, from their quarries to their final ceremonial ahu ...

Under the same moon and stars Tuki sat on the sand and gazed directly before him at the colossal human statues—the moai. Carved centuries ago from volcanic tuff, they’re believed to embody the ...

A geomagnetic storm, the largest supermoon of the year, a comet and an eerie fireball were among the skywatching treats that haunted the night sky of.

The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ethnographers, archaeologists, and visitors to the island since the first European explorers arrived here in 1722. In their isolation ...