They are in order, New Moon, First Quarter ... attributing it to the gravitational attraction exerted by the moon and the sun. We can consider the gravitational attraction exerted by the other planets ...

Trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses and single-celled organisms travel the globe high in the atmosphere. Scientists are finding that they play a role in the weather and our health.

If you’re feeling positively revolutionary this Fourth of July, then travel back in time and host a 1776-themed party. Invite ...

I had no idea how any of this might go. Take three golf buddies from different circles, shake them up for 10 days in a packed ...

This list takes into account the combination of strength and power ... that he decided to take his own life by flying into the sun. Gilgamesh is the strongest of all the characters from the race of ...

Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...

In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling ...

Zooming in on 78 disks in the Ophiuchus star-forming region, scientists saw hitherto undiscovered structures around young ...

Most disks observed were about 30 astronomical units wide, roughly 30 times the Earth-Sun distance. The presence of intricate structures in such early systems implies a parallel evolution of infant ...

The space-based observatory has revolutionized the way we see space, and it can now add another remarkable accomplishment to ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to oblivion ...

For planets with more exaggerated eccentricities, the changing distance can have a bigger impact. Sunlight on Mars, for example, can vary as much as 31 percent along its orbit.