A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "water ...

When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar ...

The World Atlas placed the blame in part on fast food, claiming that “convenience often hides amounts of salt, sugar, and ...

The latest edition of the World Heritage Map is now available to order! This new design, poster-sized wall map features all 1,223 World Heritage properties, illustrated with stunning photographs from ...

While emerging evidence suggests pesticides can be toxic to the mix of microorganisms in the digestive system, a new study is ...

Five rare Korean maps from the 18th-century atlas "Cheonhado" (Atlas of the World), once owned by a former New Zealand ambassador to Seoul, will go under the hammer in the U.K. Tuesday, offering a ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

Atlas, a European cloud-based GIS platform, has introduced several new features aimed at simplifying geospatial workflows.

The Global Ecosystems Atlas is a tool that aims to serve as an open-source repository for data on all the ecosystems in the world. Developed by the intergovernmental initiative Group on Earth ...

The Mercator Projection, Ptolemy’s ‘Geographia’, the Fra Mauro Map, and even Google Maps have all shaped how we experience the world around us.