Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the ...

A weakening of Earth’s magnetic field known as the Laschamps event would have increased the threat of solar radiation, ...

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

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

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft made history today (1 April), as it orbited the poles of Earth for the first time in human history. No humans have ever been across the North and South poles, but Elon ...

The mission will aim to fly at a 90-degree circular orbit, meaning it will be exactly perpendicular to the equator. While in orbit, the crew plans to observe Earth’s polar regions from about ...

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 ...

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 ...

The polar orbit means the spacecraft will circle the Earth over the North Pole and Antarctica, unlike previous missions that orbited West-to-East, roughly parallel to the equator. Although ...