Quantum sensors have become important tools in low-energy particle physics. Michael Doser explores opportunities to exploit ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

The ten warmest years since the early days of the industrial revolution have all occurred since 2015. Read more here.

It won’t be long before we hear the TV meteorologist tell us we’re in the “dog days of summer” while offering no explanation whatsoever. If you’re like ...

Many in the ancient world believed that it was the heat and light of Sirius that combined with that of the sun at this time of year to produce the especially scorching conditions of late summer — the ...

If you grew up with stories about navigation, camping, or even just glancing up on a clear night, chances are you’ve heard that the North Star is the brightest star in the sky. But here’s the thing — ...

This paper proposes the basic theory of the Larmor precession effect and A low noise earth field proton precession Magnetometer (PPM) design is implemented and a scalar calibrated 3-axis Fluxgate ...

Between 1.5 and 0.6 Myr ago, the period of the Earth's glacial cycles changed from 41 kyr, the period of the Earth's obliquity cycles, to 100 kyr, the period of the Earth's orbital eccentricity1,2 ...

Precession-driven fluid dynamics concerns the intricate motions arising when a rotating body experiences a slow, conical motion of its spin axis, a phenomenon that is pivotal in both geophysical ...

Gyroscopic instruments, including the attitude indicator, heading indicator, and turn coordinator, are crucial for providing ...

Earth’s major climate goal is too warm for the polar ice sheets, study says If Earth stays at its current levels of warming — below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius — polar ice ...