At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...

Have you ever wondered why Earth goes through massive climate swings, from freezing ice ages to warmer periods like today?

Researchers find that Earth’s orbital rhythms influenced sediment and organic preservation in Jurassic shale deposits.

Scientists have suspected for a long time that planetary interactions tend to slowly change the orbit of our planet. And now, researchers have uncovered some hard evidence in ancient rocks that show ...

You probably picture the Earth's annual journey around the Sun as being more or less a circle, but that's only true some of the time. Models have long suggested that our home planet's orbit shifts ...

Few sights are as universally captivating as a full moon rising into the night sky. For many of us, stepping onto a balcony ...