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Differences in the gravitational pull between the Earth and the Moon will make July 9, July 22 and August 5 unusually short.
An astrophysicist who spent time doing research at the South Pole gets to the bottom of how things feel at the ends of the Earth.
Scientists have managed to turn Laschamps event, or the cosmic event when Earth's magnetic poles switched places – the North ...
The mass of extremely warm air threw the freezing polar vortex out of balance, shoving it off its North Pole axis so forcefully that it in effect split in two, as if growing a pair of legs: one ...
It's popularly understood that no one can hear you scream in space, and yet, scientists have captured some pretty strange ...
Scientists discovered human footprints preserved in ancient mud at White Sands, New Mexico. These footprints appear to date back to the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) – a period during the last Ice Age ...
Ponting was part of the scientific staff on the 1910-1912 Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole.British explorer and expedition leader Robert Falcon Scott reached the Pole on January 17, 1912.
This year in the Chicago area, the longest day of the year comes with extreme heat warnings, watches and advisories, with three straight days of "feels-like" temperatures over 100 degrees.
In recent news, ESA's own Solar Orbiter intentionally deviated from our ecliptic plane where our planets orbit to get an incredible, never-before-seen view of our sun from its south pole.
ALPENA, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU)— As temperatures soar to 80 degrees across northern Michigan, the remnants of a severe ice storm from months ago continue to impact lo ...
These initial observations are only a small part of what Solar Orbiter is set to deliver. The full dataset from this pole-to-pole journey will arrive on Earth by October 2025. Over time, all ten of ...
The Earth's magnetic poles are on the move again! 🌍 These shifts can have surprising effects on navigation and wildlife. Join me as we dive into the fascinating science behind this phenomenon!