The fierce winds of a hurricane are known as tropical cyclones in some parts of the world, so you might expect them to sweep across the entire tropics. But there's one area of the tropics where ...

There are 13 countries that sit on Earth's equator. Can you get them all in 5 minutes? If so, how fast can you do it?

ATLANTA - This past Saturday marked the autumnal equinox, the point where the sun is exactly over the Earth’s equator. Contrary to popular belief, that does not mean day and night are both equal in ...

Equator Coffees will celebrate the grand opening of its newest café in Sonoma on Friday, Oct. 31. The event at 201 West Napa ...

The equatorial regions of Mars are home to unexpectedly enormous layers of ice, and they may have been put there by dramatic ...

Alone over endless ocean, one pilot watched the GPS tick to zero - the equator. With nothing but sky and water for thousands ...

Vast arrays of floating solar panels near the equator could provide unlimited clean energy to countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa, according to new research. Engineering professors at ...

Massive volcanic eruptions billions of years ago may have made it snow on Mars, leaving thick buried ice near the planet’s equator.

Ancient explosive volcanic eruptions on Mars could help explain mysterious hints of buried ice from the Red Planet's equator, ...

Study discovered that Chiron, a small icy world between Saturn and Uranus, is forming rings. This shows how small worlds ...