Whether you're new to trail running or a longtime fanatic, there's a good chance you've heard the term "pelvic tilt." From messing with your stride to causing back pain and tight hips, there are a ...

There are plenty of interesting things about Uranus. Its season lasts as long as its day, it’s the second least-dense planet, and it has a collection of 27 moons. But maybe the most puzzling fact ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The September equinox is here! The word "equinox" is Latin for "equal night," when all parts of the Earth experience close to 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. The ...

As levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide rise and warm the globe, Antarctica's ice will become more vulnerable to cycles on an astronomical scale, particularly the tilt of our planet is as it ...

In B science fiction movies, a terrible force often pushes the Earth off its axis and spells disaster for all life on Earth. In reality, life would still be possible on Earth and any Earth-like ...

Paleoclimatologists have shed new light on how the tilt of the Earth affects the world's heaviest rainbelt. They analyzed data from the past 282,000 years that shows, for the first time, a connection ...

Above the equator, winter officially begins in December. But in many areas, January is when it takes hold. Atmospheric scientist Deanna Hence explains the weather and climate factors that combine to ...

Photographed by Cassini in July 2008.. Image: NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute (Creative Commons 3.0). Photographed by Cassini in July 2008.. Image: NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute (Creative ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Throughout the Milky Way galaxy, pairs of "super-Earths" circle distant stars. At first glance, ...