Using asteroseismology, an international research team has discovered a surprising alignment of the rotation axes of stars in open clusters, shedding light on the conditions in which stars are formed ...

Imagine a massive celestial body colliding with Uranus at high speed; this impact could have 'overturned' Uranus, causing its rotation axis to tilt. Moreover, the colliding body would have to be ...

Earth's axial precession is a gyroscopic wobble, analogous to a spinning top, causing its axis of rotation to trace a cone over time. The primary cause of Earth's precession is the gravitational ...

Precision components are critical for the reliable operation of this unit. This spindle unit with an adjustable axis of rotation is the basis for coordinate measure machines, and should have very ...

The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan March 11, 2011 may have slightly shortened the length of each Earth day and shifted its axis. Using a U.S. Geological Survey estimate for how the fault ...

The slow rotation period of Venus (it takes 243 Earth days to complete one full rotation) and the orientation of its spin axis to its orbital plane (177°, so it spins in the direction opposite its ...

(Nanowerk News) Using asteroseismology, an international research team including CEA, CNRS and the Université Grenoble-Alpes discovered a surprising alignment of the rotation axes of stars in open ...