Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

This gravity disparity is largely due to that equatorial bulge creating non-uniform distances from points on the planet's surface ... explored less than 10 percent of the Earth's vast oceans.

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Ninety percent of Earth's atmosphere lies within just 10 miles of the planet's surface. The silhouette of a woman is seen on a Norwegian island beneath the Northern Lights (aurora borealis).

the same researchers also show that climate change is slowing the planet’s rate of rotation and its angle. Exactly where the axis of rotation meets Earth’s surface moves by about 30 feet (10 ...

A collection of down-to-Earth facts about our planet and its place in the solar system. This collection introduces the Sun as the main source of light and heat on Earth. It explains that the Earth ...