Hello Equal Earth: what the UN’s new world map will change0

• SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
• September 12, 2026

People have long projected their known worlds on maps. This depiction, from Gerardus Mercator’s edition of Geography by Claudius Ptolemy, dates back to second-century Alexandria, Egypt. Credit: Royal Geographical Society via Getty A view of the world that has prevailed for around 450 years has been challenged. On 4 September, the United Nations General Assembly