The woman I was talking to seemed very sure of her facts, but they didn’t add up to me. She declared that the axis of the ...

Scientists in Germany have used a highly sensitive underground ring laser to track Earth's axial wobble without relying on telescopes, satellites, or external reference signals. The researchers from ...

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 ...

The Earth’s climate is a dynamic entity, continuously evolving over billions of years with alternating periods of extreme ...