So, Earth's orbit only has a relatively tiny deviation from perfect circularity. But why is it so often shown as practically an egg shape? And how can we visualize the real situation? In order to ...

Using a technique called very long baseline interferometry, we can in effect make a single telescope the size of the entire ...

Deimos is the smaller and less photographed of Mars’ moons. This egg-shaped object, only measuring about 7.7 miles in ...

Emma Bernard, a fossil fish expert at the Museum, explains the reasons behind the unusual shape in the video below. There are more viviparous shark species - which bear live young - than sharks that ...

The promise of Spring’s arrival brings many traditions to people across the country. Some go on cleaning binges for their ...

The inner core of Earth may have changed shape in the past 20 years, according to a group of scientists. The inner core is usually thought to be shaped like a ball, but its edges may actually have ...