Some 252 million years ago, almost all life on Earth disappeared.Known as the Permian–Triassic mass extinction – or the Great ...

The July full moon, also known as the Buck Moon, occurs on July 10. It will share the evening sky with Mars and Saturn.

As glaciers retreat due to a rise in global temperatures, one study shows that detailed 3D elevation models could drastically ...

On a mild February morning, Isaac Blanco quickly places half a sardine into each cage as his brother, Julio, steers their ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

Summer gets its official start in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of the summer solstice. The sun will trace its ...

The official marker of the summer season arrives tonight. It's the summer solstice, which has been celebrated for thousands ...

After the sun arrives at its solstice point, it will begin to migrate back toward the south and the amount of daylight in the ...

Spanning 40,000 kilometers of latitude, the equator passes through 13 countries, including Brazil, Kenya, and Indonesia. This imaginary line is just so much more than just being a geographical marker.

Our Earth’s circle of latitude passes through 11 countries: Indonesia (which has the longest cut), Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, the ...

Several of these spaceports are found well above 50 degrees of latitude. If you don’t need the equator, you can pick a convenient location. And that's what countries and private companies do.