Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

The data collected will help researchers understand how Uranus' atmosphere functions and how it has evolved over the past 30 years since the last significant occultation in 1996. Listen to Story ...

Artist's illustration showing a distant star going out of sight as it is eclipsed by Uranus - an event known as a planetary stellar occultation. Credits: NASA/Advanced Concepts Laboratory When a ...

Single-axis solar trackers have become the dominant structural choice for large-scale solar construction in the United States, but there are scenarios where using fixed-tilt racking still makes the ...

It rotates from east to west. The most remarkable feature of Uranus is that it has highly tilted rotational axis. As a result, in its orbital motion it appears to roll on its side. It takes 84 ...

This event occurs due to Earth’s axial tilt aligning with its orbit, resulting in nearly equal hours of daylight and night across the globe. While the equinox does not bring perfectly ...

Excessive groundwater extraction in India, over 25% of the world’s total, has thrown the planet off balance, literally shifting it from its axis, says a new study. If it goes unchecked, it could ...

Why does it happen? Earth's axis is tilted approximately 23.5 degrees from its orbit around the Sun. When the Earth rotates, this tilt results in the position of the Sun in the sky changing north ...

The Earth is tilted approximately 23.5 degrees on its axis and thus the sun does not travel in a straight line across the sky throughout the year. The reason is that, because the Earth is tilted ...