Nearby planets can affect how one planet 'wobbles' on its spin axis, which contributes to seasons. Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Spring, summer, fall and winter – the seasons on ...

Earth’s rotation is slowly slowing, scientists say, meaning days are getting longer, though the change takes millions of ...

The familiar 24‑hour day is based on how long it takes the Sun to return to the same position in our sky, not on an ...

Humanity has spent thousands of years understanding billion of years of universal history. Here’s a dizzying look at why the cosmos spin the way they do. *For the why behind this “rotation ...

"Planets serve as long-term probes of dark matter effects, having interacted with the surrounding dark matter halo for billions of years," the authors write. "These interactions may lead to cumulative ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some planets are just flipping backward. Of the more than 500 planets detected around stars besides our Sun, the vast majority appear to spin the same way the star does, ...

A globe was the first thing I ever bought with my own money. I was maybe 5 years old, and I was really excited to take it home. As I quickly discovered, you can spin it in the direction that the earth ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Spring, summer, fall and winter–the seasons on Earth change every few months, around the same time every year. It’s easy to take this cycle ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Spring, summer, fall and winter – the seasons on Earth change every few months, around the same ...