There are two other important factors: First, the Earth is round, although it’s not a perfect sphere. Second, its axis is tilted about 23.5 degrees relative to its path around the Sun. As a result, ...

To give our readers a chance to experience all that our new website has to offer, we have made all content freely avaiable, through October 1, 2018. During this time, print and digital subscribers ...

A new satellite has mapped Earth's ocean floors in unprecedented detail, a new study reveals. . The first year of measurements from NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite ...

is not higher than the summit of Mount Everest…but the summit of Chimbarazo is furthest from the earth’s centre due to the way the earth bulges out at the equator). Snow and ice remains on this ...

Screen Rant presents an exclusive clip from The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrirm, breaking down the creation of new Middle-earth hero Héra. Oregon meets a sudden end after Ohio State ...

Python and JavaScript client libraries for calling the Google Earth Engine API. Important Note: Access to Google Earth Engine is currently only available to registered users. The API is in active ...

Drawing on more than a century of science, our multidisciplinary department discovers exoplanets, creates new materials, illuminates Earth's inner workings, and seeks to better understand the universe ...

In the 18th century, French scientists thought they had identified the location of the equator. But they got it wrong. Thousands of years earlier the pre-Incas were able to plot its location ...

Satellite images of Earth at night have been a curiosity for the public and a tool of fundamental research for at least 25 years. They have provided a broad, beautiful picture, showing how humans have ...