The question "How many continents are there on Earth?" might seem simple, but when you delve into it, the answer becomes much ...

The concepts of continents have confused people from their very beginning. Today I try to see if I can do any better at dividing the world up into manageable units.

The world map is familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but in terms of country and continent size, it’s way off – and all because of a 16th-century projection.

The world’s oldest map of the night sky was amazingly accurate. Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient ...

For years, astronomers have been working to piece together the story of our universe, but the critical early chapters ...

A research team led by the University of Aberdeen has developed a pioneering AI model to improve accuracy and reduce ...