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The Earth has tilted on its axis differently over the last few decades due to melting ice caps
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNASA's asteroid-bound NEAR spacecraft took this mosaic image of Earth in January 1998.NEAR...
Look at a map — Indianapolis' downtown streets are tilted. Why don't they point due north?
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOpen Google Maps. Zoom out until you see most of the inside of the I-465 loop around Indianapolis. Now look closely at just the portion inside the inner loop of I-65 and I-70. Does the whole ...
How we traveled before GPS—and how the technology affects our brains
Stacker via AOL· 3 months agoCanva If it feels like GPS has been around forever, that's because it has. Well, at least the human...
How to stay safe in an extreme solar flare, where the sun bombards Earth with radiation and magnetic...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe sun blows out a coronal mass ejection.NASA/GSFC Solar flares and plasma eruptions are common,...
Fact check: A compass is oriented to the Earth's magnetic field lines, doesn't prove flat earth
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe claim: A compass wouldn't work if Earth is spherical Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field generated by electric currents from within the planet. Compasses take advantage of this field ...
Colorful northern lights dazzle Poconos, North America in ever-shifting sky-wide display
Tri-County Independent via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe sun has done it again. Just over a month ago, millions of people across the United States were...
Asteroid impacts ‘made the moon’s poles shift’
Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoA study that looked at billions of years worth of asteroid craters on the Moon’s surface has concluded that space rock impacts wobbled the moon so much...
Earth's magnetic field protects life on Earth from radiation, but it can move, and the magnetic...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoEver seen the northern lights? You have a magnetic layer in Earth’s atmosphere to thank for those...
This private lander could be the first US machine on the moon this century
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA top-down view of the lunar south pole. NASA plans to return humans to the moon in 2025 with the...
When is Santa Claus comin’ to Centre County? See times and routes for firetruck tours
State College Centre Daily Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA trusty source from the North Pole has informed the Centre Daily Times that Santa Claus is...