From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

Northern Michigan could be in for a weekend light show; there is a slight chance to glimpse the aurora borealis, or northern ...

The start of the year has sometimes come with an extra second added to our clocks. The adjustment is made to coordinate the ...

Eartha, the colossal globe nestled in the heart of Yarmouth, Maine, is here to put your cartographic woes into perspective. Standing at a whopping three stories tall, this gargantuan globe is the ...

Every 29.5 days, the moon goes through its full rotation, meaning that most months have a Full Moon and a New Moon for you to ...

Ever since its formation around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth's rotation has been ... mat on the lakebed. At night, the white microbes rise to the top of the microbial mat and do their sulfur-munching ...

China plans a space-based solar power station, dubbed the 'Three Gorges Dam in Space,' to revolutionise energy with solar power from orbit ...

NASA is worried about the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA). This anomaly affects Earth's magnetic field, which may pose risks to satellites and the International Space Station. The SAA is caused by ...

Earth’s Rotation Day, observed annually on January 8th, marks the discovery of Earth’s rotation by French physicist Léon Foucault in 1851. His famous Foucault Pendulum experiment provided ...

Like much of our day and night cycles, the answer lies in Earth's rotation and orbit. Yes, the sun has risen later than it did Dec. 21 (8:02 a.m.) every day since, topping out at 8:06 a.m. Friday ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...