New research challenges the idea that the hemispheres' matching brightness is a fundamental property of the planet ...

What happens when a long-standing planetary symmetry starts to unravel? For decades, Earth’s Northern and Southern ...

Although Earth’s two hemispheres lie on opposite sides of the planet and differ in many ways, they share a peculiar ...

NASA discovered an asymmetry since 2020 between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres in the amount of solar radiation that ...

The view of Earth from space is famously familiar—bright blue ocean, swirling gyres of white clouds, touches of terrestrial ...

The winter solstice is Saturday, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year to the Northern Hemisphere — ideal conditions for holiday lights and warm blankets. For those who would rather ...

When the balance in reflectivity shifts, “the whole circulation of the climate will shift in order to transport energy from ...

Earth’s once-balanced energy budget between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres is shifting, according to 24 years of NASA ...

Spring officially begins today (March 20) with the vernal equinox, bringing longer days and warmer temperatures to the Northern Hemisphere. The vernal equinox signals the astronomical start of spring ...

Day and night will get equal time for a brief moment Monday as much of the world heads into fall. The autumnal equinox arrives Monday, marking the start of the fall season for the Northern Hemisphere ...

New research from an international group looking at ancient sediment cores in the North Atlantic has for the first time shown a strong correlation between sediment changes and a marked period of ...

The autumn equinox is now upon us! Today marks the moment that the sun crosses the celestial equator, ushering in the beginning of astronomical autumn in the northern hemisphere, which brings with it ...