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

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

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft made history today (1 April), as it orbited the poles of Earth for the first time in human history ...

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 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 ...

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 Sun crosses the celestial equator, a line directly above the Earth's equator. Regardless of where you are on Earth, the equinox brings a number of seasonal effects, noticeable to nature lovers ...

Per the Old Farmer's Almanac, the celestial equator is an imaginary line in the sky above the Earth's equator. During the spring equinox, the Northern and Southern Hemisphere receive a nearly ...