On most maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be roughly the same size. In reality, Africa is about 14 times larger than ...

Rakshit Sharma For most people, the first encounter with the wider world does not come through travel, diplomacy or even news ...

Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope in a patch of the sky covering almost three times the area of the full ...

Dark matter doesn't absorb or give off light so scientists can't study it directly. But they can observe how its gravity warps and bends the star stuff around it.

A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand the mysterious dark matter holding the universe ...

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions of Earth. However, because all flat maps have compromises built into them, ...

“Maps are facts, but they can also be arguments — and Trump recognises that,” said Cheshire. He suggested that Trump’s love of a real estate deal, where schematic plans become reality, may be behind ...

The ongoing debate regarding the true size of the African continent is significant and timely. The African Union is supporting the call to depict Africa in its true size as just and moral. Spearheaded ...

Donald Trump suggested military action to occupy Greenland, citing security concerns Mercator map projection distorts size, making Greenland appear much larger than reality Greenland covers 2.16 ...

President Trump is again floating the idea of annexing Greenland, the semiautonomous Arctic island that is a territory of Denmark. Greenland's location between North America and Russia gives it ...