Although our world is definitely not flat, it’s not a perfect sphere either. The fancy name for the shape of the Earth is an oblate spheroid, meaning that it bulges around the equator.

By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist In case you forgot, Pi Day is Friday, March 14 — a celebration of one of the most important numbers in our universe: 3.14159.  Pi is the ratio ...

Meanwhile, prices for the Sphere Experience – an immersive attraction paired with the showing of the Darren Aronofsky film Postcard from Earth – have dropped from $119 to $99. While some ...

What’s significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Since its discovery, the asteroid’s probability of an impact with our planet has gone ...

Earth and environmental sciences cover all aspects of Earth and planetary sciences, and broadly encompasses solid Earth processes, surface and atmospheric dynamics, Earth system history, climate ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any ...

Lead-208 exhibited a prolate deformation, which meant that it lengthened in the direction of its poles (as opposed to oblate ... that appears to be a perfect sphere is not rigid, and therefore ...

Earth is moving much faster than it seems. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It may feel like we're standing still, but Earth ...