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, ...

Donald Trump has stepped up his pursuit of Greenland, stating he "no longer feels an obligation to peace," and that countries opposing could face tariffs. The US president wrote a strongly-worded ...

The mostly icy island of Greenland has been a part of a centuries-long marketing campaign, resulting in a puzzling name with a fascinating history. The Danish territory is again in the news as ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

ou book a flight, open the seatback map, and notice something strange. Instead of a clean, straight line between two cities, your aircraft appears to arc, bend, or take a wide detour. At first glance, ...

A Flat Earther attempts to fold a flat map over a globe to prove the Earth is not curved. The demonstration seems straightforward at first. But once the map is applied, problems appear immediately.

Just nine months since its launch, NASA’s newest space telescope has unveiled a jaw-dropping map of the cosmos unlike any we have seen before. Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch ...