For decades, scientists assumed that Earth’s magnetosphere had the same charge polarity from pole to equator. That assumption ...

Earth's now steamy Equator was covered with ice 716 million years ago, according to a new study. The finding appears to add solid evidence to the theory of an ancient "snowball Earth." The discovery ...

A geomagnetic superstorm is an extreme space weather event that occurs when the Sun releases massive amounts of energy ...

Imagine a massive meteor crashing into Earth, but this one isn’t from our solar system. A new study, recently uploaded to the ...

Earth’s highest peak isn’t the point that reaches closest to outer space, and the reason has nothing to do with Everest at all. Because our planet bulges at the equator, a mountain thousands of miles ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images The equator is the imaginary line that horizontally ...

What was the world's first international scientific expedition? Scientist-explorers of the Enlightenment, such as Alexander von Humboldt, would have answered without hesitation: the French ...

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Earth's equator is sometimes viewed as a bit of a virtual wall that separates the climates of the northern and southern hemispheres. Ocean currents, the main driver of climate, tend to confine ...

The series "Imaginary Earths" speculates what the world might be like if one key aspect of life changed, be it related to the planet or to humanity itself. The rings of Saturn grant it a majesty ...

Melting ice caps changing planet's shape. Aug. 7, 2011 — -- Like many of its inhabitants, the Earth is getting thicker around the middle -- that's what a new study says. The increased bulge is ...