But Greenland is not nearly as large as it appears on most maps ... though Africa is in fact 14 times larger. The Mercator Projection is the name for the distortion in mapping that inflates the size ...

Most coffee comes from regions within the coffee belt, an imaginary line between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of ...

President-elect wishes to buy the country from Denmark for its rare earth minerals and to bolster US security with its ...

Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can be seen in the sky tonight.

Have you ever wondered why minimal trans-oceanic flights exist in the Southern Hemisphere? Looking at a map, it's easy to see ...

North Pole shifts towards Siberia, updating Earths magnetic map tenfold Magnetic North Poles rapid transition prompts updates ...

Image: Map of Mayotte and Comoros Mayotte, located about 500 miles off Africa's east coast ... heat and energy between the poles and the equator. Image: A damaged house in Mayotte in the Indian ...

It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, and (given the time of year) Santa's sleigh: the ...

Space science and exploration hit exciting new heights over the last 12 months. We learned that galaxies are much bigger than ...

North Pole shifts toward Russia, updates Earths magnetic field map tenfold Earths magnetic map update reveals a significant pole shift impacting navigation systems.

The FLuorescence EXplorer (FLEX) mission will provide global maps of plant health and stress ... tropics but can also be viewed north of the equator. The Eta Aquariids peak from May 3-4.