The map covers 75% of the sky, and you can explore all sorts of cool celestial objects once you know where to look.

However, the Mercator map comes with the trade-off of showing inaccurate sizes for continents. Landmasses become artificially ...

The UN resolution instead endorses use of the Equal Earth projection, which better shows the relative sizes of land masses.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest map-making exercise has rattled the North Atlantic. During a flurry of social media posts over the long holiday weekend, Trump posted a map showing the U.S.

A new approach to mapping the world could change how the size of countries is perceived. On September 4, 2026, the United ...

The United Nations voted on Friday in favor of adopting a resolution to replace the Mercator projection, which distorts the ...

The driving force behind our universe’s accelerated expansion remains one of the greatest mysteries in astronomy. While this force, which scientists refer to as dark energy, pervades our universe, we ...

Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.

Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.

The U.S. was the only nation to oppose a new world map that more accurately reflects the size of Africa and other regions.

The United Nations adopted the Equal Earth map showing Africa's true size, but the United States was the sole nation to vote ...