The production of tailored clothing and the use of ochre as a sunscreen may have given Homo sapiens an advantage over ...

Hello, Antarctica. Unlike previously anticipated, from 460 km above, it is only pure white, no human activity is visible.” ...

No other human has done this, instead orbiting along or near the equator, though for some satellites the polar orbit is beneficial. "Polar orbits are a type of low Earth orbit, typically between 200 ...

Earth isn’t a perfect sphere - it bulges at the equator due to its rotation. The result? The highest point from the Earth's ...

The final piece of an advanced series of weather satellites officially began operating Tuesday to help provide better ...

The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained ...

At 9.01am today, March 20th, the sun crossed the Earth’s equator, marking the vernal equinox, the date when the direction of sunrise is due east and sunset due west. The Earth’s axis is at ...

Astronomically speaking, however, the Earth’s equator is aligned directly with the Sun on the vernal equinox. In 2025, that occurs at 5:01 a.m. EDT on March 20. Astronomical seasons are based on ...

The spring equinox will occur at 5:01 a.m. EDT on Thursday. An equinox occurs when the Earth's equator aligns with the sun, resulting in a "nearly" equal amount of daylight and darkness at all ...

The vernal equinox signals the astronomical start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, with the sun crossing above Earth's equator, moving from south to north, at 5:01 a.m. EST (0901 GMT ...