Recent research reveals that in under 20 years, Earth’s tilt has shifted by 31.5 inches as a result of excessive groundwater ...

Pumping too much groundwater has shifted Earth’s axis by 80 cm in less than 20 years, showing how human actions can alter the ...

Saturn's rings tilt out of view every fourteen to seventeen Earth years. In 2032, they will be at their best again during their period of maximum tilt as seen from Earth.

The vernal equinox arrives on Thursday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere and the fall in the Southern Hemisphere. On the equator, the sun will be directly overhead at ...

The iconic rings of Saturn have disappeared but don’t worry, they haven’t gone anywhere. This week, a rare cosmic event called a "ring plane crossing" has made the planet's rings to vanish from ...

Scientists already knew that melting glaciers could change the planet’s rotation. But this study shows that groundwater ...

On this day, the Earth's axis is not tilted toward or away from the sun, causing roughly an equal amount of sunlight and dark hours at all latitudes, the National Weather Service explains.

Thursday is the first day of spring, or the vernal equinox, in the Northern Hemisphere. During an equinox, the center of the sun is on the same plane as the equator. After the vernal equinox in March, ...

As the Northern Hemisphere welcomes spring today, the Southern Hemisphere is marked with the first day of autumn.

The sun will set on Wednesday, April 16 at 8:01 p.m. in Seattle. Throughout the rest of April, we'll continue to gain over ...

Did you know both the astronomical first day of spring and Easter Sunday are tied to the spring equinox? How they relate, ...