Thursday is the first day of spring, or the vernal equinox, in the Northern Hemisphere. During an equinox, the center of the sun is on the same plane as the equator. After the vernal equinox in March, ...

Recent research reveals that in under 20 years, Earth’s tilt has shifted by 31.5 inches as a result of excessive groundwater ...

An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex ...

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 ...

Could microbes survive in the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the Moon? This is what a recent study presented at ...

Pumping too much groundwater has shifted Earth’s axis by 80 cm in less than 20 years, showing how human actions can alter the ...

Scientists already knew that melting glaciers could change the planet’s rotation. But this study shows that groundwater ...

The reason why we have seasons is because of the tilt of the Earth. Earth’s axis is tilted 23.5°. Position During each season, the planet is aligned slightly different in comparison to the sun.

Here's what to know about how we split up the year using the Earth's orbit. As the Earth travels around the sun, it does so at an angle. For most of the year, the Earth's axis is tilted either ...

The autumnal equinox occurs in September – when the Earth's axis is tilted neither toward ... That's when the Northern Hemisphere is at its greatest tilt toward the sun, causing the sun to ...