The tower would hang down from this asteroid via a super-strong cable system called the Universal Orbital Support System ...

The Analemma Tower, a concept by Clouds AO, proposes a skyscraper suspended from an asteroid in geosynchronous orbit. This ...

Earth’s tilt is what causes the seasons; in the summer, when our planet’s pole is tipped toward the sun, the days are longer, and the true sun’s daily path across the sky is higher. The opposite is ...

An illustration of the analemma—a figure-eight pattern formed by plotting the sun’s position at the same time each day over a year. (Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) ...

On Earth, depending on where you are, the analemma can be at different angles, though it always traces out this ...

The analemma in the right image is composed of photographs taken by the Mars exploration rover 'Opportunity' from July 2006 to June 2008, which corresponds to one year on Mars in Earth time.

Western Nevada College's Jack C. Davis Observatory is inviting the community to celebrate Summer Solstice Day on Friday, June ...

Learn about the hottest topic there is this time of the year — the Sun — as well as the solstice and science, during the ...

Find out the exact date and time of the summer solstice 2025 in Spain and learn what makes this astronomical event so special ...

Week of June 8-14, 2025 We astronomers have a habit of throwing around terms that we consider to be obvious, only to watch the eyes of normal people glaze over. For example, albedo, analemma ...