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 ...

Venus' bizarre and extraordinarily slow retrograde rotation on its axis has long puzzled planetary scientists. But in a new ...

If you’ve ever played with tops, you know that some spin easily while others wobble. Ever wonder why? The answer has to do with rotational inertia, a property shared by all rotating systems. Sometimes ...