Skywatchers will get a rare chance to see Saturn in its full glory, without chunks of ice and rock swarming around it.

They were able to match these changes with small cyclical variations in the shape of Earth's orbit of the sun, its wobble, and the angle at which its axis is tilted. "We found a predictable ...

An international team, including researchers from UC Santa Barbara, made their prediction based on a new interpretation of the small changes in Earth’s orbit of the sun, which lead to massive shifts ...

"Equinox" translates to "equal night" but most places in the Northern Hemisphere will see more than 12 hours of daylight for ...

Saturn's rings tilt out of view every fourteen to seventeen Earth years. In 2032, they will be at their best again during ...

Thursday marks the vernal equinox, or the first day of spring, in the northern hemisphere — even if the weather in Michigan ...

The rings, believed to be made up of rocky and icy chunks that could be as large as a house, help separate Saturn from other planets in our solar system. They’re also about to perform a vanishing ...

As the Northern Hemisphere welcomes spring today, the Southern Hemisphere is marked with the first day of autumn.

On its own, Earth would shift toward another ice age in about 10,000 ... its wobble and the angle on which its axis is tilted. “We found a predictable pattern over the past million years for ...

What explains the shift? There are a few things.Northern ... At exactly 2:01 a.m. Pacific Time, Earth's axis will be perfectly vertical and the sun's most direct energy will be pointed right ...