It turns out that the elliptical orbit of the Earth has little effect on the seasons. Instead, it is the 23.45-degree tilt of ...

isn't quite aligned with the vertical axis perpendicular to Earth's orbit around the sun. That slight tilt has big implications for everything from seasons to glacier cycles. The magnitude of that ...

A year is the time it takes to orbit the sun. And we have seasons because the Earth's axis is tilted by 23 degrees. To see how that works we need to speed time up, so a year passes in just ten ...

Mars celebrated its New Year on November 13, 2024, as the Red Planet takes 687 Earth days to orbit the Sun. NASA marked the ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

More objects are being launched into space than ever, and most are headed for low Earth orbit. This region of space has become increasingly crowded with launches from SpaceX and others that have ...