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 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 ...

To do that, I’ll use what’s called latitude and longitude.Lines of latitude run around the Earth like imaginary hoops and have numbers to show how many degrees north or south they are from the ...

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.