Not only that, but the latter is three times the size of North America and also significantly larger than Russia, despite the opposite appearing true when looking at a map. So what's going on?

A map shared to social media in mid-October 2024 accurately compared the size of Texas to Europe. The map shared online moderately exaggerated the size of Texas; however it was more or less an ...

Researchers have developed a new approach to estimate the true size of very large earthquakes. At present, scientists use seismic waves from a rupture to work out the scale of the event.

An incredible map shows the “true” size of Africa with China, India and America all fitting inside. The continent is 30.37 million km² and covers 20 percent of the planet’s land area and ...