Magnetic compasses struggle aboard steel ships, but gyrocompasses solve the problem by exploiting Earth’s rotation itself. This video explains the physics of gyroscopes, precession, and modern fiber ...

The time it takes for the sun to completely rotate depends where on the sun you are measuring.

The dazzling lights of the aurora are created when high-energy particles from space collide with Earth's atmosphere. While ...

BepiColombo is slowly uncovering more and more fun facts about Mercury as it continues its preliminary mission. One of the ...

Planet Earth appears to provide a long-range warning for some of its biggest earthquakes, according to a new study co-authored by University of Montana geoscientist Rebecca Bendick. Even places that ...