News tagged with earth axis
Uranus auroras glimpsed from Earth
(Phys.org) -- For the first time, scientists have captured images of auroras above the giant ice planet Uranus, finding further evidence of just how peculiar a world that distant planet is. Detected by means ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 13, 2012 |
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Loss of planetary tilt could doom alien life
Although winter now grips much of the Northern Hemisphere, those who dislike the cold weather can rest assured that warmer months shall return. This familiar pattern of spring, summer, fall and winter does ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Of orbits and ice ages: Researcher confirms that axis shifts help to propel temperature changes
Though it was first suggested well over a century ago, the hypothesis that changes in Earth’s orientation relative to its orbit influence the growth and decline of ice sheets was only recently tested.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Did the Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis?
Pictures of widespread devastation leave no doubt: Last month's 8.8 magnitude earthquake in coastal Chile was extremely strong. Indeed, say NASA scientists, it might have shifted the axis of Earth itself.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Two More Earth's Chandler Wobble Jumps Revealed, Last in 2005
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Chandler Wobble is a small variation in the rotation of the Earth on its axis. It has been known for some time that the phase of the Chandler Wobble jumped by 180 degrees in the 1920s, ...
Sep 02, 2009 |
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