Scientists have unveiled the largest map of the universe ever created—charting nearly 800,000 galaxies and reaching back 13.5 ...

In the name of open science, the multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS has released the data behind the largest map of the universe. Called the ...

Anaximander's Map is considered by some to be the first-ever world map, and alleged versions of it have been shared across social media channels since at least 2020, from Instagram and Reddit to T ...

Before satellites and global positioning systems, ancient civilizations charted their known universe with remarkable ...

Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it’s round, not flat? True. But that isn’t the point.

The “oldest map of the world in the world” on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered over multiple centuries to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to a recent video published by ...

Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

These are some of the most common geographic misconceptions that are both surprising and surprisingly hard to correct. Contrary to the map many of us have in our minds, almost all of South America ...

Chichén Itzá, "the mouth of the well of the Itzás," was likely the most important city in the Yucatán from the 10th to the 12th centuries. Evidence indicates that the site was first settled as ...