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The Earth is round, and is also a shifting, squashed spheroid

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 ...
AOL

See it: Skydivers capture true shape of rainbow as they plummet toward Earth

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, United Kingdom – A rainbow may appear as though it is a half circle, with the middle showcasing its colors across a blue landscape of the sky. However, this common weather phenomenon ...
Phys.org

Earth, the sun and a bike wheel: Why your high-school textbook was wrong about the shape of Earth's orbit

If you've ever been taught about how Earth orbits around the sun, you might well think our planet travels along an oval-shaped path that brings it much closer to the sun at some times of the year than ...
Scientific American

We’ve Dammed So Much Water, Earth’s Poles Have Shifted

When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon called true polar wander In an ideal model of our planet, the axis around ...
CNN

‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Scientists who just ...