The commercial astronauts onboard SpaceX’s Fram2 mission are flying closer to Earth’s poles than anyone has before, offering ...

To get around this distortion, other map-makers have come up with different compromises. A projection named after the geographer Arthur Robinson curves the longitudes but keeps the latitudes straight ...

At some point in his life, Donald Trump looked at a world map and saw something he wants – something that, as president of the US, he now says he will take “one way or the other.” It’s Greenland, an ...

The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained ...

Many species of animals and birds were injured and displaced by ex-tropical cyclone Alfred several weeks ago. Now, an effort ...

The Panama Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world, with about 7% of global trade passing through. It also ...

Chun Wang's historic Fram2 mission aboard a SpaceX capsule will be the first human flight over Earth's poles, launching on ...

We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.

But 1,500km (930 miles) south of the Pituffik base, in Greenland's capital, Nuuk, the American story vied for attention with ...

The constellations Taurus, Orion, Canis Major, and Gemini grab attention this month, while Mars, Jupiter, and Venus dominate ...