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 ...

This article was originally published on Nov. 3, 2016. Our maps have been lying to us for centuries. The standard classroom maps we all learned geography from are based on the Mercator projection, a ...

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.

The Mercator map has a boundary cut error: one makes a cut of 180 degrees along the meridian of the international date line from pole to pole and unrolls the Earth’s surface, thus putting Hawaii ...

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 ...

We use imaginary lines to help locate where a place is in the world. We use lines of latitude to find out how far north or south a place is. These lines run parallel to the Equator.; There are ...