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Moon’s poles shifted over 4 billion years due to asteroid impacts, study finds
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe moon’s north and south poles have moved slightly over a period of 4 billion years from the...
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...
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...
Humans are pumping out so much groundwater that it's changing Earth's tilt
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Earth's tilt has changed because of the amount of groundwater pumped by humans. Earth's tilt has...
What Are the Northern (and Southern) Lights, Really?
SYFY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThere is nothing more powerful in the solar system than the Sun. The Sun’s immense heat and pressure fuses hydrogen atoms in its core and provides our...
Solar Orbiter observes jets of material escaping the sun
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoEditor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on...
Earth isn't the only planet with seasons, but they can look wildly different on other worlds
Space via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA bluish-green planet in space with a star nearby. distant stars and colorful clouds of gas surround...
This is what Uranus and Neptune may really look like
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoVoyager 2/ISS images of Uranus and Neptune released shortly after the Voyager 2 flybys in 1986 and 1989, respectively, compared with a reprocessing of...
Earth Tilted 31.5 Inches in Less Than 20 Years. Here’s What That Really Means for Us
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo News· 10 months agoEarth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches—But Should We Care?Getty Images Earth’s tilt recently made headlines...
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...