The Earth is round, so it does not have a fixed center like a flat surface. However, some countries are closest to important ...

Inti Raymi, celebrated on June 21, marks the winter solstice and pays tribute to Inti, the Inca sun god. Communities ...

and also where the Equator, Northern and Southern Hemispheres and the North and South Poles are located on the planet. This video can help pupils learn about the physical geography of the Earth.

It’s a small world. It’s a wide world. Both phrases are used in lyrics, titles and more. A more accurate statement might be: Earth’s circumference (at the equator) is 24,901 ...

To account for the numerous gaps in the fossil record, they treated the parts of the world where fossils have not been uncovered as missing information rather than designating them areas where no ...

Professor John Chiang of UC Berkeley explains the impact of Earth's axial tilt and orbital eccentricity on global climate. He highlights their influen ...

"Their erosion over hundreds of kilometers shows that the highlands extended much (farther) north than they do today, providing new insights into the ancient geography and hydrology of Mars." ...

Heat waves that are impossible to survive without air-conditioning could soon afflict far more of the globe than they do now, ...

Dinosaurs long dominated Earth's land ecosystems with a multitude of forms including plant-eating giants like Argentinosaurus, meat-eating brutes like Tyrannosaurus and weirdos like Therizinosaurus, ...