The world map is familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but in terms of country and continent size, it’s way off – and all because of a 16th-century projection.

Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...

The MAGA artist has endorsed flat Earth theories as well—responding to comments about Antarctica being “forbidden”.

It's a promising new blend of strategy and simulation from a god's-eye view.

Recent headlines have drawn attention to naming conventions and mapping technology. But maps have always been political, ...

Boston University researchers found that planting about 2,500 trees and installing 3,000 “cool roofs” could bring relief to ...

Barren plateaus are stretches of the quantum algorithm optimization landscape so unnervingly flat that gradient‑based methods don't work.

New images from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover show the first close-up views of a region scientists had previously observed only ...

"We didn't know what exactly to expect from these first observations – the sun's poles are literally terra incognita,” Sami ...

A hidden box-lattice suggests groundwater sculpted Mars long after surface water fled; Curiosity’s drills aim to confirm the ...

While Google Maps launched slightly earlier and has a huge impact on how we get around, Google Earth has been a boon to first ...

This matters because forested watersheds are the primary water source for nearly two-thirds of municipalities in the United ...