Earth rotates once in about 24 hours with respect to the Sun, but once every 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds with respect to other distant stars. Scientists call this difference crucial to ...
In a few specific and mysterious parts of the world, a short journey can be like traveling through time – and scientists aren't sure what's going on. The phenomenon is called seasonal asynchrony, and ...
Earth's seasons look very different at locations not far from each other, 20 years' worth of satellite data reveals. Earth's seasonal cycles can vary dramatically across short distances, even at the ...
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