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 shape is an oblate spheroid, slightly bulging at the equator due to its rotation, resulting in a significant difference in distance from the Earth's center between the equator and poles. This ...

Earth’s magnetosphere, once thought to have a simple electric polarity pattern, has revealed a surprising twist. New ...