From the warmest year on record to an arctic blast and even snow, marine biologists are concerned about weather and climate ...

For those tired of the dark, dreary days of winter, February is the month of optimism. This is the month where we gain the ...

Formations that look like jumbo-sized kidney beans (or blobs of chocolate syrup, depending on your palette) may be indicators ...

By imaging the dunes, scientists can figure out how much CO2 frost forms on the dunes during the Martian winter. When temperatures grow warmer in the spring, the frost sublimates, transitioning from a ...

On Earth, our seasons are driven by our planet's 23.4-degree tilt; for instance, northern summer occurs when our planet's northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun. No matter the tilt of HD 20794d ...

This means that as Earth makes its annual trip around the sun, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun during one half of the year and the Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the other half.

By Valentine's Day, the sun rises at 6:54 a.m. and sets at 5:44 p.m., giving us 10 hours and 50 minutes of sunlight. And then by the end of the month, February 28, sunrise will occur at 6:36 a.m., ...

The phenomenon occurs because the Earth’s Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun as the planet rotates around it, and Antarctica is at its closest point to the sun on the rotation.

The Lunar Eclipse, the first since November 2022, will occur on March 14, 2025, and last for more than six hours. The eclipse ...

February kicks off what astronomers call “galaxy season” in the Northern Hemisphere. This time of year offers the best ...