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 ...

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.

There is no other moon quite like our own in the entire solar system. The Moon is unique in a lot of ways, some of which are ...

New research suggests meteor showers are so unpredictable due to the Sun’s own motion around the solar‑system barycenter.

The first day of spring, also known as the vernal equinox, has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere on March 20, 2025.

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

An astral animated TED-Ed lesson written by Elise Cutts explains how the tides on Earth are impacted both by the sun and the ...

The vernal equinox signals the astronomical start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, with the sun crossing ... the Earth’s tilt and the planet's position in its orbit around the sun. Earth ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

Astronomically speaking, however, the Earth’s equator is aligned directly with the Sun ... around our star. The Earth is tilted approximately 23.5 degrees off a vertical axis, and because of ...