THE Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) has explained the rise in temperatures across various parts of the country, ...

At precisely 03:06 GMT tomorrow morning, the sun will pass directly above the equator, bringing nearly equal amounts of day and night on all parts of Earth. 'North of the equator, the March ...

is commonly regarded as the instant when the center of the visible Sun is directly above the Equator, and this occurs twice each year: around 20 March (called "Spring Equinox" as it marks the ...

As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while sunspots forming closer to the poles will have a magnetic field matching ...

There is an imaginary circle called the equator that divides the Earth into two parts. The Sun is our heat source here on Earth. The more sunlight a place gets, the hotter it will usually be.

The closer to the Equator you are the more direct energy (heat and light) you receive from the Sun. Further away from the Equator, the tilt of the Earth means that the energy from the Sun is ...