When the moon is positioned farther from Earth's equator and closer to the poles, its pull on the planet becomes weaker. With less resistance, Earth is able to spin a bit faster, which makes the day slightly shorter than usual.

July 9 was unusually short thanks to changes in how fast the Earth is spinning. But two other days this summer are expected to be even shorter.

I n Season 6, Episode 8 of the animated series "Futurama," a race of cat-like aliens attempts to harness the Earth's rotational energy to restore their own planet's spin. After succeeding in ...

Black Dynamite shifted gears from a live-action comedy movie to a satirical animated series. The cartoon continues the tongue-in-cheek humor of Michael Jai White’s Black Dynamite, a 1970s vigilante trying to clean up streets littered with crime. His wild misadventures continue as he deals with drugs, taxes, racism, and a young Michael Jackson.

A frightening simulation shows what would happen if the world was to stop spinning. As we all know (and if you don’t, give your head a wobble), our planet is constantly rotating around, and around, and around on its own axis.

The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reports that Earth is currently spinning faster, leading to July 9 being the shortest day ever recorded., Science News - Times Now

The animations show the movements of tectonic plates, ... Earth is going to spin much faster over the next few months — so fast that several days are going to get shorter.

The spinning of Earth’s inner core is slowing down. Is this how it all ends? The movement of Earth’s inner core is slowing. Nobody can say why. (NASA) By Tyrone Beason. Staff Writer Follow.