The equator is also an ideal spot for rocket launches into space. As well as the equator having lower gravity, Earth's spin is faster there, giving rockets an extra boost when launched from the line.

Did you know that a hurricane or tropical storm has never crossed the equator? The reason behind this fascinating phenomenon lies in a meteorological principle related to the rotation of the Earth ...

The equator, an imaginary line circling the Earth, is not only a geographical marker but also a zone of peculiar phenomena. Straddling this line comes with a set of experiences that are as ...

The Equator is an imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, running at 0° latitude. Spanning 40,000 kilometers of latitude, the equator passes through 13 ...

If the Earth wasn’t spinning at all, winds from the north pole would blow in a straight line to the equator, and vice versa. But because we are spinning, the pathway of the winds gets deflected ...

Earth's rotation influences winds and surface ocean currents, creating the above-mentioned effect. Along the equator, circulating air is deflected from a straight pattern into a curved path .

The video shows a tourist trap in Uganda, including three different bowls of water and a line supposedly marking the exact location of the equator. Carolyn from Colona, Illinois, wrote in asking ...

Earth's now steamy Equator was covered with ice 716 million years ago, according to a new study. ... (prehistoric time line). "This is just all to say that Earth is sensitive, ...

A file image of how the Earth's spin results in the Coriolis effect. iStock / Getty Images Plus. It was initially believed that storms could not form within 5 degrees latitude of the equator, but ...

The equator is also an ideal spot for rocket launches into space. As well as the equator having lower gravity, Earth's spin is faster there, giving rockets an extra boost when launched from the line.