Earth
What Is The Largest Continent
[/caption] There are a few different ways to answer 'what is the largest continent'. The first is by area and…
What is an Avalanche?
Have you ever noticed how the snow packs on a car windshield after a heavy snowfall? While the temperature is…
Equator
[/caption] An equator is an imaginary line that runs around the surface of a planet, perpendicular to the sphere's axis…
What Is Pangaea?
So, you are curious about what is Pangaea? It was the supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago during the…
Terminator
[/caption] No, this isn't a movie about robots. The terminator is the line that separates day from night on an…
What Is Lithosphere
[/caption] Every rocky planet has a lithosphere, but what is lithosphere? It is the rigid outermost shell of a rocky…
What Is A Continent
[/caption] You know that there are 7 continents(6 if you were taught geography in Europe) right now, but do you…
MESSENGER Looks Back at the Earth and Moon
[/caption] A new image to add to the family photo album! The MESSENGER spacecraft is working its way to enter…
How Many Miles Around the Earth?
Planet Earth has a circumference of roughly 40,075 km, or 24,901 miles. But since it is not perfectly round, this…
The Earth and Moon May Have Formed Later Than Previously Thought
[/caption] The Earth and Moon were created as the result of a giant collision between two planets the size of…