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 ...

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 ...

Spring has finally sprung, which means days will keep getting longer from now until the summer. The season officially commenced as the sun shone directly over the equator and daytime and nighttime ...

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 ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Geodesy is the study of Earth’s shape and size, and of variations in its gravitational field. Earth was originally believed to be flat, but many clues, such as the way ships appear and disappear on ...

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

Winter is officially coming. The Northern Hemisphere blew by the longest day of the year with June’s summer solstice and is now coming up to the fall equinox on September 22—the day when the sun ...

The equator is the imaginary line that horizontally encircles the middle of Earth, stretching approximately 24,900 miles ...