Naturally, the same goes for the sunset. Since the winter solstice, the sun has been setting progressively later at a faster rate than it has been rising, which is why days are getting longer despite ...

Earth’s Rotation Day, observed annually on January 8th, marks the discovery of Earth’s rotation by French physicist Léon ...

Behold, the giants! The Hubble Space Telescope has completed a decade of observing Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

When one of the poles points more toward the Sun than the other pole, that half of the planet gets more sunlight than the other half, and it’s summer in that hemisphere. When that pole tilts away from ...

The fact that Earth is at perihelion has little to do with the seasons. The difference in solar radiation received by our ...

Another factor in life on planet earth is travel speed. Our globe spins up to 1,000 mph if you live on the equator, orbits around the sun at 66,627 mph, travels around the galaxy at 448,000 mph while ...

New Study Reveals Decades of Groundwater Pumping Has Impacted Planet’s Motion Significantly, Tilted by Nearly 80 Centimeters ...

How about that eclipse in 2024? Certainly, the Great North American Eclipse of April 8th 2024 was one for the ages, instilling the eclipse-chasing bug in many a new skywatching fan.

The midnight sun keeps Antarctica endlessly illuminated for 6 months of the year. Polar night, which sees perpetual darkness, ...

A bachelor’s degree in EACS at Bates can prepare you well for beginning a career in the geosciences, and/or environmental science. To learn more about the types of jobs available for students majoring ...

They have discovered that a rear-side albedo of 0.5 combined with a 20-degree tilt angle delivers maximum efficiency. Bifacial perovskite solar cells (Bi-PSCs) have gained significant attention in ...

The presence of a North Pole star is a coincidence that has saved lives and perhaps changed history, but is it shared across ...