Changes in Earth's orbit have helped pace climatic change ... whereas higher latitudes are mainly affected by changes in obliquity. Since the Earth is tilted in its orbit, not all the Earth ...

For further information, please see our April Arctic sea ice extent averaged 13.91 million square kilometers (5.37 million ...

"If it's one or two Earth masses, which is still a pretty big ... hotter summers or colder winters because there's this sway in obliquity, but we could still live our lives." ...

including a 100,000 year cycle in the shape of the orbit (eccentricity), a 41,000 year cycle in the tilt of the Earth's axis (obliquity) and a 20,000-year cycle in the "wobble" — much like a top ...

Most of the year, the moon ends up either under or over the Earth’s shadow. Because of this obliquity, the alignment of the moon with the Earth’s plane of movement to create a total lunar ...

The ‘Whitman’ and ‘Wordsworth’ that matter are not the creatures who happened to roam the earth, but rather the voices or implied ... As that example shows, the greater the degree of obliquity the ...

Despite its dry, dusty surface and thinner atmosphere, Mars may have more in common with Earth than scientists previously ...

A new NASA and Toho University study, utilizing supercomputers, projects Earth's habitability timeline, revealing the eventual demise of life due to the Sun's increasing heat. This gradual process ...

The Rho Ophiuchi nebula system is the closest star-forming region to Earth, and as such has come under the scrutiny of both ...

An international research team studying fossilized oyster shells has revealed substantial annual temperature variation in sea ...