Apr. 16, 2025 — Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar ...

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Apr. 15, 2025 — First ever supercomputer simulations of Mars with a fully molten core could explain the Red Planet's unusual magnetic field. Billions of years ago, Mars had an active magnetic ...

Today, April 17, 2025, the moon is 19 days old and is in the Waning Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 83% illuminated. Moon phase Date First Quarter April 4 Full Moon April 12 Third/Last ...

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...

Climate change may significantly impact arsenic levels in paddy rice, a staple food for millions across Asia, reveals a new study from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. The ...

The full moon, the period when the moon is at its largest and brightest, is merely one part of the lunar cycle, which is approximately one month in length. While it can be seen globally ...

A team of astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute, working with one colleague from the University of St Andrews' Center for Exoplanet Science and another from the European Southern ...