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See the Sun in a Way You've Never Seen It Before, From Above and Below
The sun has been photographed and imaged many times, but never from the top or bottom.
Here's why a hurricane has never crossed the equator
Did you know that a hurricane or tropical storm has never crossed the equator? The reason behind this fascinating phenomenon ...
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Understanding latitude and longitude
Well I’m on the half that’s above the Equator, which is called the Northern Hemisphere and he lives on the half that’s below the Equator, which is the Southern Hemisphere. But I also need to ...
Solar Orbiter Captures First Clear Views of Sun’s South Pole—and It’s a Hot Mess
A recent Venus flyby pushed the spacecraft out of Earth's orbital plane, allowing it to gaze at the solar poles.
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Voyager: In looking at a world map showing ocean surface currents, it appears that with very few exceptions, currents do not cross the equator. Why is this?
As with gas and vapor currents on other planets, they tend to move in an east-west direction. These currents have trouble crossing the equator, but they can. The answer for why they usually don’t ...
AccuWeather on MSN10d
A hurricane has never crossed the equator. Here's why.
A meteorological principle related to the Earth's rotation dictates that tropical storms cannot cross the equator, but a ...