An international team of astronomers has discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet where on one side the sun never sets and on the other, it never rises. Orbiting an ultracool dwarf star, just 55 ...
An artist’s concept of the exoplanet SPECULOOS-3 b orbiting its red dwarf star. An international team of astronomers has discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet where on one side the sun never sets and on ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This article is part of Traveller’s guide to The Ends of the Earth.See all stories. “We’ve got a couple of hours and no real ...
Svalbard, Norway Also known as the Land of Midnight Sun, Norway experiences close to 76 consecutive days of sunlight. In Svalbard, the Sun shines from 10 April to 23 August. Nunavut, Canada Canada’s ...
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Earth’s axis of rotation is tilted, as you can see from this illustration. This means that day and night are not equal lengths in most places on the planet. As Earth moves through its orbit ...
Mars is a planet with a very similar daily cycle to the Earth. Its 'sidereal' day is 24 hours, 37 minutes and 22 seconds, and its solar day 24 hours, 39 minutes and 35 seconds. A Martian day (referred ...
The film follows the Sun's reporters and editors as they write about the news, the sports, the art and culture of a large rural county. John Burnett, an NPR correspondent, reports on the Sun's ...
Like a prolonged sunset and sunrise all at once, this natural phenomenon colours heaven and earth in a reddish yellow light. Welcome to the land of the midnight sun. The midnight sun is a natural ...
We may earn a commission from links on this page. An artist’s impression of the rocky world orbiting close to its host star. Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) Scientists have ...