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

Launch is scheduled for summer 2026. Astroscale's 660-pound (300 kilograms) APS-R Refueler spacecraft will head for the ...

Earth isn’t a perfect sphere - it bulges at the equator due to its rotation. The result? The highest point from the Earth's ...

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13 countries are lying on the equator, with 3 continents, and 3 major waterbodies included.

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 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 ...

A SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts is on a pioneering journey circling Earth over its poles after launching Monday night from Florida.

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

On Friday, at 9:01 a.m. UK time, the Sun appeared directly above Earth’s equator, marking the astronomical event that signifies the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in ...

The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained ...

The mission will aim to fly at a 90-degree circular orbit, meaning it will be exactly perpendicular to the equator. While in orbit, the crew plans to observe Earth’s polar regions from about ...