Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image showing the international space station orbiting above the ocean. It's been called the "loneliest place on earth" — a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Where is the true "middle of nowhere?" Philosophically speaking, it's always about two hours drive from your home town.

Point Nemo, the loneliest and most remote expanse of ocean on Earth, is where spacecraft go when they die. The South Pacific region, the farthest point in the ocean from any land, is named after ...

It’s called the “longest-swim problem”: If you had to drop someone at the place in the ocean farthest from any speck of land—the remotest spot on Earth—where would that place be? The answer, proposed ...

Point Nemo, also known as the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility, is the point in the ocean farthest from any landmass. It is located in the South Pacific Ocean at coordinates 48°52.6′S 123°23.6′W. This ...

Point Nemo, located in the South Pacific, was computed in 1992. It's equidistant (2,688 km) from Ducie, Motu Nui, and Maher Islands. Over 250 deorbited spacecraft have been sunk there since the 1970s.

Learn more about Point Nemo, a remote area in the Pacific where the ISS will be sent in 2030 or 2031. Point Nemo has the distinction of being the most remote place on Earth. Located in the middle of ...

Point Nemo, the most isolated spot on Earth, is gaining attention. Located in the South Pacific, it is the farthest point from any land. Astronauts in space are often closer than people on Earth. This ...

The world is a big place. So big that there are many obscure locations most of us will never hear of, much less visit. As a matter of fact, scientists have mapped out the most inaccessible areas to ...

Point Nemo, the Pacific's most remote point, sits over 2,600 km from land—so isolated that ISS astronauts are often the nearest humans. Its extreme isolation and role as a spacecraft "cemetery" have ...

Where is the true "middle of nowhere?" Philosophically speaking, it's always about two hours drive from your home town. Scientifically, it's Point Nemo: a place which is important due to the immensity ...