The vernal equinox, which occurs at the start of astronomical spring, is when the sun's rays equally shine on both of the Earth's hemispheres. Thursday marks the vernal equinox, or the first day of ...

The difference between an equinox and a solstice is based on Earth’s tilt, affecting daylight length and the changing of ...

A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...

But what has really grabbed investors’ attention is the feeling of the ground moving beneath their feet. Although those ...

IT takes several years to recover from a six-month spaceflight – the average amount of time an astronaut is posted to the ...

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope in the high Chilean desert mountains has just given up its final batch of data ...

The finest ever map of the cosmic microwave background - the faint evidence of the universe's early form - has yielded ...

Experts warn that "something" in the core of the Earth is causing the magnetic pole to shift. North Pole is shifting toward Siberia and raising concern ...

"It has been an honor to enable science and technology experiments that support future missions to the moon, Mars and beyond.

March's full moon, known as the Worm Moon, will bring a stunning total lunar eclipse, turning the Moon a deep reddish hue in ...

NASA’s upcoming EZIE mission will use three small satellites to study electrojets — powerful electrical currents in the upper atmosphere linked to auroras. These mysterious currents influence ...

Power was knocked out Sunday morning in the Lacey area after a driver crashed into a power pole, according to the Thurston ...