Two scientists propose an explanation for the bizarre ridge belting Saturn's moon Iapetus at the equator. At one time Iapetus itself may have had a satellite, created by a giant impact with another ...

THE following, I think, is the explanation of Mr. Fisher's difficulty (NATURE, vol. xx. p. 577), why the January temperaat the equator when the earth is in perihelion is not much higher than in July ...

Saturn's bizarre two-tone moon, Iapetus, wears a six-mile high chain of mountains around its equator. Now scientists have a theory that explains why. It turns out the moon may have had its own moon. A ...

Large open-water fish predators such as tunas or sharks hunt for prey more intensively in the temperate zone than near the equator. With this result, a study is challenging a long-standing explanation ...

Dark matter could have been hanging above our heads all along. At least that is the opinion of a scientist investigating the true weight of planet Earth. After intense calculations Ben Harris, from ...

After years living in Ecuador, I thought it was about time I visited the equator - but it proved more difficult than I thought. The reason being that in Ecuador there are several places that claim to ...