In recent years, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has given us a close-up look at the sun. Among the probe's revelations was the presence of numerous kinks, or "switchbacks," in magnetic field lines in the ...

By combining Gaia’s massive asteroid dataset with AI modeling, scientists discovered that asteroid rotation depends on how often they’ve been hit. A mysterious gap in rotation speeds marks where ...

Scientists recently published new ideas about why Earth’s toughest, oldest continents persist. These continents, known as cratons, have been on earth for more than two billion years. Andrew Zuza, an ...

This month, I will focus on what I believe is the most important driver of climate change away from human behaviour. Read more here.

A sudden halt to Earth’s spin would unleash destructive winds, quakes, and tsunamis while ending the protective magnetic field that shields life.

As just one of all the living creatures on Earth, you're along for the ride as our planet constantly moves in two major ways.

Whether an asteroid is spinning neatly on its axis or tumbling chaotically, and how fast it is doing so, has been shown to be dependent on how frequently it has experienced collisions. The findings, ...

The gleaming moon hanging in our sky has been the subject of countless songs, poems, myths, and legends. But in reality, what would happen if the Earth suddenly lost the moon? Quite a few things, ...

Time can be a controversial business. Who came up with time zones – and why is the International Date Line a bit squiggly?

What if everything you thought you knew about the zodiac was wrong? What if you weren't the sign you thought you were, but another one altogether?

University of Texas Arlington provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Right now, you’re zooming through space at incredible speeds. As just one of all the living creatures on Earth, ...