It's not every day that a prominent feature of our solar system disappears, but that's precisely what will happen with Saturn ...

Spring officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on March 20 with the vernal equinox as the entire world experiences an ...

The rings of Saturn will temporarily “disappear” this weekend, though most stargazers will be unlikely to see it. The rings ...

Notice where the light is on the ball. It never varies. With a protractor, tilt the ball 23.5 degrees (approximation is OK). Then walk in a circle around the candle. Notice how the light on the ball ...

The vernal equinox, marking the start of spring, occurred on March 20 in the Northern Hemisphere. This means the earth is ...

So today we tilt at 23.5 degrees. But what would happen if we tilted even more? What if Earth spun sideways on its axis? Well, it wouldn't take long before utter chaos ensued. One of the most ...

Instead of standing straight up and down in relation to its orbit around the Sun, Earth is tilted at an angle of approximately 23.5 degrees. This tilt means that throughout the year, different ...

They're caused by a combination of Earth's orbit and its axial tilt. Every six months ... orbits the sun on an axis that’s tilted 23.5 degrees, meaning that the hemispheres trade off getting ...

while Earth is very close to that at a 23.5-degree tilt. When the two planets line up just right, the rings of Saturn are almost entirely horizontal from the perspective of Earth, causing them to ...