THE atmospheric angular momentum generated at the earth's surface between latitudes ± ϕ must, over a long period, be balanced by an equivalent outflow of angular momentum across these parallels. It ...

A Dec. 4 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of Earth from space. Earth's atmosphere is labeled "pressurized gas," while outer space is labeled "infinite vacuum." A third label ...

The claim: Earth isn't curved or moving; air pressure couldn't exist 'without a container' Some social media users are sharing a meme that claims to present evidence that Earth is flat instead of ...

Thanks to its strong magnetic field, Earth is protected from solar wind by regions of charged particles, the Van Allen belts. These energetic protons form an electric current that rings our planet, ...