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.

Geography students should be aware of the distinctions between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The equator separates ...

The folded rocks sit at the intersection of Asia and Europe, where major tectonic forces ... Another satellite image from NASA's Earth Observatory highlights the intricacy of Earth's surface ...

A map from the SWPC showed an impact area centered largely on the Middle East, with a less-intense zone over swathes of Europe, Asia ... much of the sunlit side of Earth," the SWPC said.

These behaviors could have contributed to their spread throughout Europe and Asia at a time when the ... The researchers then laid their 3D map of Earth's space system over the world, and found ...