equator

Normally, trade winds blow east to west along the equator, pushing warm water from South America toward Asia, while cold water rises from the depths to replace it.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The latter crosses the equator roughly at noon each day and the new one will cross around 10:30 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The mountains of Papua are not far from the equator, but they've been topped with "eternal snow" for centuries.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

This date marks the September equinox, when the Sun is positioned directly above Earth's equator and the lengths of day and night are close to equal across much of the planet.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

Furthermore, only about one-third of its area falls within the sub-Saharan zone north of the equator that was occupied by farmers and herders before 1000 B.C.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

He said it's mathematically feasible that these waves could also be the reason warm Jupiters align so closely with their host stars' equators.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025

Unlike hot Jupiters, which can orbit their stars at almost any tilt, warm Jupiters are almost always aligned with their stars' equators.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025

Standard formation theories posit that when planets are born, their equators are pointed toward the star and their poles point straight out of the disk that surrounds them.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 4, 2019

And science has finally come up with an explanation for what comes naturally to most home cooks: Eggs crack best around their equators, says MIT mechanical engineer Pedro Reis, because of their geometry.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2012

Together they shared the secret language of pericynthion altitudes and orbital planes and lunar equators.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly