A new study shows that the inner core changed shape in just a few decades, challenging previous assumptions and revealing ...

It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...

Scientists have discovered that Earth's inner core, previously thought to be solid and unchanging, has experienced ...

Protests and public outcry are gathering momentum as India and Bangladesh draw attention to the potential impact on ecologically sensitive areas and millions of people outside China’s border. China’s ...

which recognizes one year as it relates to the Earth’s full rotation around the sun. And this year, Lunar New Year begins Jan. 29. Each Lunar New Year is also marked by one of 12 animals—this ...

Prepare to get schooled If you have kids in school, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably realized that there’s a lot about ...

At the end of the 14 th century there were two types of mill in the Netherlands: the post mill, which was a ground winder, ...

Let's celebrate Groundhog Day, in all its bizarre, quirky strangeness. Let it remind us that we have not subdued nature, but ...

Hello, readers! Let’s talk about a term that’s been used, and often misused, in the media recently: the polar vortex. The ...

Follow for live scores, commentary and highlights from the final of the Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup between India and South Africa in Kuala Lampur on Sunday.

NASA will host its first Twitch event from the International Space Station next week, in a move hoping to draw in a new ...

If you draw a line through the barycenter ... "But also the sizes, shapes, velocities and rotation speeds of the objects themselves." On Earth, perihelion and aphelion at one point coincided ...