If you are using your smartphone to navigate, your system just got a crucial update. Scientists have released a new model tracking the position of the magnetic north pole, revealing that the pole is ...

The Sun’s differential rotation pattern has puzzled scientists for decades: while the poles rotate with a period of approximately 34 days, mid-latitudes rotate faster and the equatorial region ...

Strong darkening observed around the equator of Vega suggests that the fifth brightest star in Earth’s sky has a huge temperature difference of 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit from its cool equatorial region ...

New research suggests that the thousands of dams built over the past two centuries have caused the Earth's poles to drift more than a meter. Reading time 2 minutes Humans have built so many dams ...

SpaceX launched four people into space Monday evening on a first-ever human mission to orbit Earth’s polar regions. After liftoff from the U.S., a typical crewed launch flies to the east or northeast.

Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth's poles slightly away from the planet's axis of rotation, according to recent research. Subscribe to our ...

The equatorial coordinate system projects Earth's latitude and longitude onto the celestial sphere, using declination (angular distance from the celestial equator, measured in degrees) and right ...

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