Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists in Germany have used a highly sensitive underground ring laser to track Earth's axial wobble without relying on ...

As Earth moves through space, it wobbles slightly. A team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Bonn has now succeeded in measuring these fluctuations in ...

Last month I wrote about why the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn are related to the 23.5 degree tilt of the Earth’s axis: The Sun’s furthest point north or south, called the solstice, is ...

Earth’s elliptical path around the Sun does more than keep the planet in a stable orbit. Because that path is not a perfect ...

Regular readers of my column certainly know how to use the Big Dipper to find the North Star (aka Polaris). Some folks believe Polaris is important because it’s the brightest star in the heavens, and ...

Humans pumped so much groundwater out of the Earth that the planet has begun to wobble detectably on its axis, a new study has found. On its own terms, the magnitude of the new wobble is slight — a ...

NASA says it has now pinned down three causes for this shift. As expected, the loss of polar ice is a major contributor. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...