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 ...

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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 ...

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the ...

Earth's axis is currently tilted at a 23.5-degree angle away from vertical as it rotates around the sun, affecting how much solar energy hits each of the poles, in particular. But the tilt of ...

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

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

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 ...

The film takes us on a journey through humanity’s evolving view of our home planet—from ancient beliefs that the Earth was flat and supported by gigantic elephants and turtles, to the scientific ...