Spring is almost here — officially, at least. The vernal equinox arrives on Thursday, marking the start of the spring season ...

An international team of scientists has synchronized key climate records from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to unravel the ...

And if this all seems a little too late for your liking, Irish people celebrate the start of spring on St Brigid’s Day which ...

In contrast, during a total solar eclipse — which is preceded by a partial eclipse — the moon completely covers the sun, ...

Could a giant planet between Mars and Jupiter have doomed Earth? A new study suggests that small changes would have been ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Quasiperiodic changes in Earth's orbit around the sun regulate the amount ... affecting the length and intensity of the seasons. The interplay of both processes through complex geochemical ...

An equinox is a phenomenon that occurs twice a year — once during the spring equinox and once during the autumn equinox. In the northern hemisphere, the spring equinox typically falls around March 20, ...

“Since the seasons are defined as beginning at strict 90-degree intervals, these positional changes affect the time Earth reaches each 90-degree location in its orbit around the sun.” ...

But, so far at least, astronomy has remained above human tinkering, and at 5:01 a.m. Philadelphia time Thursday the sun will ...

The key cycles include: ・Eccentricity (100,000- and 400,000-year cycles): Earth’s orbit shifts from more circular to more elliptical, altering the intensity of seasons. ・Obliquity (40,000 ...

Scientists discovered that volcanic eruptions in India’s Deccan Traps 66 million years ago released gases that altered ...