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Scientists call this wobbling motion axial precession. 1.000

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Simplified: Scientists call Earth's wobbling motion axial precession

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But over thousands of years, our view of the stars has shifted. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Astronomy

Simplified: Our view of the stars has shifted over thousands of years

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It takes 26,000 years for the North pole to trace out a complete circle in the sky, pointing at different stars along the way. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Astronomy , Science

Simplified: North pole traces a circle in the sky every 26000 years

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Zodiac signs were originally based on the stars. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Astrology , Astronomy

Simplified: Zodiac signs were originally based on the stars

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On Saturn, an equinox occurs once every 15 years or so, during which its rings orient edge-on to our line of sight from Earth and appear to vanish. 1.000

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Simplified: An equinox occurs on Saturn once every 15 years or so during which its rings orient edge-on to our line of sight from Earth and appear to vanish

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Jupiter has an equinox every six years, twice in its nearly 12-year orbit. 1.000

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Simplified: Jupiter has an equinox every six years twice in its nearly 12-year orbit

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Any planet with an axial tilt will experience an equinox, but how often they occur depends on the planet’s orbital period around the sun. 1.000

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Simplified: Any planet with an axial tilt will experience an equinox but how often they occur depends on the planet's orbital period around the sun

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Most people on Earth will experience around 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night during September’s equinox. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Astronomy , Science , Earth

Simplified: Most people on Earth will experience around 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night during September's equinox

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But on both of the equinoxes, the terminator aligns straight up and down, running from pole to pole. 1.000

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Simplified: The terminator aligns straight up and down running from pole to pole on both equinoxes

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The line dividing day and night on a planet’s surface is called a terminator, and on most days, Earth’s is slanted when viewed from space. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Astronomy , Science , Earth

Simplified: The line dividing day and night on a planet's surface is called a terminator and Earth's is slanted when viewed from space on most days

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Astronomical fall, on the other hand, ends at the winter solstice, which this year happens on Dec. 21. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Astronomy , Season

Simplified: Astronomical fall ends at the winter solstice which happens on Dec 21 this year

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This year, according to the National Weather Service, the autumnal equinox falls on Sept. 22, at 2:19 p.m. Eastern time. 1.000

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Simplified: The National Weather Service says the autumnal equinox falls on Sept 22 at 2:19 p.m. Eastern time this year

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That’s because Earth takes slightly longer than a calendar year — 365 days, 6 hours and 9 minutes, to be exact — to complete one full orbit around the sun. 1.000

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Simplified: Earth takes 365 days 6 hours and 9 minutes to orbit the sun

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The autumnal equinox always occurs in September, but its date can shift each year. 1.000

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Simplified: The autumnal equinox always occurs in September but its date can shift each year

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This happens twice a year, in March and in September, and is a result of Earth’s 23.5-degree tilt as it spins. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Astronomy , Science , Earth

Simplified: Equinoxes happen twice a year in March and September because of Earth's 23.5-degree tilt

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This Monday, the autumnal equinox is upon us, and with it, a shift to shorter days, longer nights and the astronomical start of fall in the Northern Hemisphere. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Astronomy , Season , Northern Hemisphere

Simplified: The autumnal equinox this Monday brings shorter days longer nights and the astronomical start of fall in the Northern Hemisphere

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Equinoxes occur when Earth reaches a point in its orbit where the sun shines directly on the Equator, occurring twice each year, in March and September. 1.000

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Simplified: Equinoxes occur when Earth reaches a point in its orbit where the sun shines directly on the Equator occurring twice each year in March and September

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The second occurrence this year happens on Monday. 1.000

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Simplified: The second equinox occurrence this year happens on Monday

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During an equinox, places around the globe experience nearly equal amounts of daytime and nighttime. 1.000

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Simplified: Places experience nearly equal daytime and nighttime during an equinox

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They occur when eruptions on the sun’s surface, known as coronal mass ejections, emit material that triggers geomagnetic storms when they interact with Earth’s magnetic field. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Science , Astronomy

Simplified: Auroras occur when coronal mass ejections trigger geomagnetic storms interacting with Earth’s magnetic field

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