An extremely slow pulsar has made scientists “slow down” their assumptions about other pulsars. The pace could be caused by a ...

The story of Earth’s atmospheric oxygenation is one of transformation, shaped by both biological and planetary forces. While ...

When some of the biggest stars reach the end of their lives, they explode in spectacular supernovas and leave behind ...

The adjustment is made to coordinate the precise ticking of Atomic Time with the less regular timing of day and night as ...

With the Tibetan region’s seismic vulnerability due to tectonic plate activity, such mega-dam projects could exacerbate risks ...

"Our analysis, while it shows the temperature reduction during the months of the lockdown, also reveals that the downward trend in temperatures began as far back as 2019, and that other similar trends ...

When some of the biggest stars reach the end of their lives, they explode in spectacular supernovas and leave behind incredibly dense cores called ...

Saturn’s rings, imaged here by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, are one of the solar system’s most reliably spectacular sights. But ...

A newly discovered neutron star is behaving so strangely that it may alter our understanding of the dense remains left behind ...

Because the period of an object does not depend on its mass, comets’ orbital periods remain unchanged due to mass loss.

Just like Earth, comets also spin on an axis (or ... it is specifically called the rotational period. Just in case you’re referring to this kind of period instead to the orbital period, the ...