and the other is literally baked by its sun, the planet's equator could be quite livable,

In the north-east of the Indian Ocean, spanning a latitude of 6 to 16 degrees north of the Equator, lies the Andaman Sea.

When planets spin, things near the equator tend to move away from the center due to centrifugal force.

Because of this bulge, the equator of a planet becomes farther from its center than its poles.

spanning a latitude of 6 to 16 degrees north of the Equator,

Using the planet's gravitational pull every few passes to attempt to gradually shift its orbit to about 33 degrees above the solar equator, delivering never before seen views of the sun's polar regions.

using the planet's gravitational pull every few passes to attempt to gradually shift its orbit to about 33 degrees above the solar equator, delivering never-before-seen views of the sun's polar regions.

equator. As the Earth rotates, the equator is going the fastest, and the poles are going

day, but on the equator, you're going about 1,000 miles per hour (1600km) in a circle,

Let's assume that you're standing on the equator, the halfway point between the north and south

The closer you are to the equator, the less fuel you need to get into orbit, or the heavier

the Aurora Borealis, or if you’re a viewer south of the equator, the Aurora Australis.

Normally the Aurorae can occur 65-70 degrees north or south of the equator but they can

Here the synapsed chromosomes align at the equator of the cell.

at the equator of the cell.

...about 1,000 kilometres west of South America on the equator.

of the Galápagos, on the equator, as the species itself.