Tides are one of the most noticeable natural phenomena in coastal areas, but have you ever wondered how they actually work? Why do the ocean's waters rise and fall at regular intervals, and what ...

As Puget Sound gets one of the lowest tides of the year this week, your tide pooling and geoduck hunting might just be accompanied by some rain. But what’s more Pacific Northwest-y than a stroll ...

The gravitational influence of the planets on Earth is negligible compared to that of the Moon and the Sun. While some speculative theories suggest minor influences on solar activity, these are ...

The half-lit lunar disk will rise alongside the ringed giant Saturn and dimmer Neptune in the early morning hours of June 19, ...

The depths of the Earth still hold many surprises. A team of scientists has discovered that objects move horizontally in the Earth's mantle, nearly 1,864 miles (3,000 km) beneath our feet. This ...

At aphelion, Earth’s distance from the sun is about 94.5 million miles. Six months later, at the start of January in the winter, Earth is at its closest point to the sun at 91.5 million miles.

Another one bites the moon dust Inconveniently for impact analysts, Earth has active plate tectonics, weathering, and erosion, and these processes smooth over our planet’s record of ancient craters.

The event features a close conjunction between the waxing gibbous Moon and Spica (Alpha Virginis), the brightest star in the Virgo constellation and the 15th brightest star in the night sky.

Earth doesn't 'wobble' back and forth by 23.4 degrees throughout a year, though. Earth's tilt is relatively constant as we orbit the Sun, with the North Pole pointed towards the star Polaris.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - June's full moon, also known as the "strawberry moon," will be the lowest full moon that has appeared in the night sky in nearly 20 years. Here's how to see it.

It would essentially make the president a king, suggesting he couldn’t be prosecuted with an enforceable contempt citation in the usual manner. So far, our courts have been the main backstop […] ...