The day has become 0.06 microseconds longer, and the Earth's axis has shifted by about 2 cm due to the Chinese Three Gorges ...

A new study has revealed a connection between Earth’s slowing rotation and the rise of oxygen in the atmosphere, a critical ...

For an all-too-short period, Venus and Saturn and a slender crescent Moon, which is slowly becoming a scimitar, will all be ...

The key difference was the rotational characteristics of the planets. The white dwarf has a much faster rotation period, resulting in thinned cloud circulation around the planet that allows heat ...

Steven Matz makes his return to the Cardinals’ rotation tomorrow afternoon. The lefty is scheduled for his first start of the season against the Astros. Matz had opened the season in the bullpen ...

This allowed them to detect the planet’s rotation signal more clearly than ever before. Unlike Earth or even Saturn and Jupiter, Uranus is a very unusual planet. Its magnetic field is tilted at ...

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A new way to measure the length of Uranus’s day could also help determine the rotation rates of other celestial objects—including exoplanets ...

By analyzing more than a decade of Hubble observations of Uranus' aurorae, researchers have refined the planet's rotation period and established a crucial new reference point for future planetary ...

So a major implication of the study is that pale-green dot worlds viewed from space are good candidates planets to harbour early photosynthetic life. The changes in ocean chemistry were gradual. The ...

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A recent study using data from the Hubble Space Telescope has shown that Uranus's rotation period is longer than previously thought. The ice giant takes 17 hours, 14 minutes, and 52 seconds to ...