Because Orion is on the celestial equator, an extension of Earth’s equator that also divides the sky into two hemispheres, Mintaka also sets due west. For north and south, navigators look a pair pole ...

Indonesian cities are the only ones found right on the invisible line that separates the Earth’s hemispheres. And the country ...

In short, straight lines that don't follow one line of latitude or longitude on a globe do not necessarily appear as straight ...

Stephanie Vermillion is an expert on magical nocturnal experiences, with an upcoming book called '100 Nights of a Lifetime: ...

A formidable bomb cyclone is churning off the Western U.S.

Prabowo also said Indonesia planned to retire all coal and fossil-fuel-fired power plants within the next 15 years, versus an ...

Toovak says that it still can be a bit bright during the day, and describes it more so as a permanent cloudiness. And when ...

A recent study by Colorado geologists adds weight to the snowball Earth hypothesis, providing what may be the best evidence ...

Saturn has more than 140 moons, including Titan, Enceladus, and Phoebe. Titan is Saturn's largest moon, and the only moon in our solar system known to have a thick atmosphere and clouds. Saturn orbits ...

Around 700 million years ago, Earth experienced a climate catastrophe so severe that ice sheets covered the planet from pole ...

New research provides compelling support for the "Snowball Earth" theory. This hypothesis suggests that Earth was entirely ...

Utqiagvik, Alaska — formerly known as Barrow — won’t see the sun rise for 64 days. The nation’s northernmost town — Utqiagvik ...