High quality 3d animation. Elements of this image furnished by NASA. Earth 02 Sun rise around the Equator The sun rises over the Equator, with the lights across the countries going out as dawn grows.

Humans have been making maps for as long as they’ve been exploring the Earth. Some of their cartographic maps went on to ...

Replicating the abilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fleet of weather satellites would take ...

Flat maps, designed to offer a consistent representation of Earth, reveal inaccuracies in countries' sizing. Some nations near the Poles appear significantly larger than they truly are, while ...

The National Hurricane Center's website and maps now reflect the official name (at least in the U.S.) of the Gulf of America.

"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact." ...

The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

This artist’s visualization of WASP-127b, a giant gas planet located about 520 light-years from Earth, shows its newly discovered supersonic jet winds that move around the planet’s equator. With a ...

There it is, the Equator. It marks the difference between ... After watching the film, teachers could use a base map to explore the make up of the world and where the features explored in the ...

A private company couldn't match the Boulder-based federal agency's work...but scientists worry the Trump administration could propose just that.

The researchers conclude that powerful jetstream winds around the equator would explain this unexpected result. Further building up their weather map, the team also found that the poles are cooler ...