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Earth tilted 31.5 inches, a study finds. So whose fault is that? Humans, of course.
Earth tilted, but it had nothing to do with weird space phenomena and everything to do with how people are pumping groundwater and shipping it across the planet, a study found. The findings of a ...
Today is the first day of spring — Here’s all you need to know about the vernal equinox
Spring officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on March 20 with the vernal equinox as the entire world experiences an ...
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Saturn's rings will 'disappear' this weekend. Here's why this phenomenon happens in cycles
Saturn's rings tilt out of view every fourteen to seventeen Earth years. In 2032, they will be at their best again during ...
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If Earth spun sideways on axis, we'd have extreme winters and summers
Early in the history of our solar system, something mysteriously knocked Earth slightly off its axis. So today we tilt at 23.5 degrees. But what would happen if we tilted even more? What if Earth ...
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Word of the Week: Theia. Why does the Earth tilt, and why does it matter?
It caused ejected debris to form our moon — and caused the Earth’s tilt. Theia is named for the Greek goddess of light, daughter of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (sky), and mother of the sun, moon and dawn.