Learn about SIMP-0136, a rogue planet emitting wavelengths that reveal patchy clouds and auroras similar to the Northern ...

Scientists are also investigating changes in the rotation of the Earth's inner core. They suspect that couplings with the Earth's mantle could contribute to ...

Imagine a massive celestial body colliding with Uranus at high speed; this impact could have 'overturned' Uranus, causing its rotation axis to tilt. Moreover, the colliding body would have to be ...

China's Three Gorges Dam has effectively changed Earth's axis by nearly an inch since it was built nearly 18 years ago, ...

Megastructures have big impacts on the world - namely the people around and the environment they affect. However, this one ...

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have measured the rotation rate of an extreme exoplanet by observing the varied brightness in its atmosphere. This is the first measurement of the ...

Climate change is causing so much polar ice melt that it’s slowing down Earth’s rotation and — here’s the kicker — it will alter how we measure time in the future. That’s the outrageous conclusion ...

Venus is, let's face it, a weirdo. Often called Earth's "twin" due to its size and density, the planet is actually far different from our own. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign ...

A planet's year length depends on its distance from the Sun. Planets closer to the Sun have shorter years. A planet's rotation speed is unrelated to its year length. Planets' orbital speeds vary ...

Using new data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, researchers believe they have solved a longstanding mystery of solar system science: the length of a day on Saturn. It’s 10 hours, 33 minutes and 38 ...

Add this to Mars’ long list of mysteries. NASA’s now defunct InSight Mars Lander has produced data that indicates that the red planet’s rotation rate, the rate at which it spins on its axis, is ...