Photograph by Garcia Julien, Getty Images We also enjoy protection from Earth's magnetic field, generated by our planet's rotation and its iron-nickel core. This teardrop-shaped field shields ...
The story of Earth’s atmospheric oxygenation is one of transformation, shaped by both biological and planetary forces. While ...
Ever since its formation around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth's rotation has been gradually slowing down ... is slowing down is because the Moon exerts a gravitational pull on the planet, which causes ...
An alignment of six planets will dazzle in January 2025. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will align in the ...
Mars’s axis of rotation is tilted 25.2 degrees relative to the plane of the planet’s orbit around the sun, which helps give Mars seasons similar to those on Earth. Whichever hemisphere is ...
One of humanity's largest ever projects is slowing down the spin of the Earth, making our days slightly longer. Work on China ...