In just a few days, Mars will come within 36 million miles of Earth, closer than it has been for 15 years. As the red planet nears, we’re looking back at National Geographic’s cartographic ...

National Geographic cartographers have listed four oceans on Earth since the society began making maps in 1915 — the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans.

Let’s be clear: The map to Earth that NASA sent into space aboard the Pioneer and Voyager spacecraft is not dangerous. It certainly hasn’t “made it a lot easier for aliens to attack Earth ...

These two "pancakes" represent the most accurate flat map of Earth ever made, the study researchers said. Unlike other flat maps, the new circular map doesn't downsize or supersize the area of ...

A thin box could hold flat double-sided maps of all the major objects in the solar system, or a stack of Earth maps giving physical and political data. The Winkle tripel is a map to hang on your wall.

National Geographic has announced it is participating in the Google Maps Engine public data program and will be sharing over 500 maps with the public by putting them online. The maps will include ...

WASHINGTON -- National Geographic is marking World Oceans Day by recognizing the Southern Ocean as the Earth's fifth ocean. While all of the planet's ocean waters are interconnected, National ...

For the first time in the more than 100 years that National Geographic Society has mapped the world's oceans, it will recognize five: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern.

WASHINGTON -- National Geographic is marking World Oceans Day by recognizing the Southern Ocean as the Earth's fifth ocean. While all of the planet's ocean waters are interconnected, National ...