Earth is often described as a circle or an oval, but it is neither. As the planet spins more than 1,000 miles per hour at the equator, it develops a slight bulge around its middle. The result is what ...

Earth is an oblate spheroid, which means its surface curves most at the equator. This means ancient continents that moved from lower to higher latitudes would no longer be shaped to “fit” the ...

When you see a globe or other representation of Earth, it usually is shown as a perfect sphere, so many people may think that it is. The Earth, though, is what we call an Oblate Spheroid. It is a ...

I disagree with Rebecca Stillwell and Bob Wynhausen’s letters in the Oct. 16 newspaper. Rebecca Stillwell says she is waiting for proof that mail-in voting is fraudulent, and Bob Wynhausen says there ...