Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, ...

Get ready for a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment this July 9th, as our planet is poised to experience one of the shortest days ...

Astronomers have spotted centimeter-sized “pebbles” swirling around two infant stars 450 light-years away, revealing the raw ...

The rotation of the planet has increased since 2020, and the position of the Moon will make Earth spin faster on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.

For one, scientists observe a "cosmic fossil" called the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The first light that was free to ...

Planet Earth will spin a little faster on three separate days this summer, starting today. This will technically result in shorter days, but the change will be so minuscule you won’t even notice.

Atomic clocks — among the most precise instruments humans have ever built — have been keeping track of Earth’s spin since the ...

While that tiny time difference is imperceptible to humans, it represents part of a broader pattern that has left scientists scratching their heads: after thousands of years of slowing down, Earth has ...