When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...

As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon.

On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth ...

As for when this three-day event will happen, there are three days this summer when the moon will be around its furthest ...

Over the past 200 years, humans have stored hundreds of billions of liters of water in thousands of dams around the world. In ...

When the moon is positioned farther from Earth's equator and closer to the poles, its pull on the planet becomes weaker. With ...

Days will be just a bit shorter this month as Earth spins at its fastest in years. The Earth is pretty good at keeping its pace. However, variations do happen. And on three separate days this ...

Planet Earth will spin a little faster on three separate days this summer, starting on July 9. This will technically result ...

The science behind why the Earth will spin just a little bit faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, this year.

On average, from the point of view of the sun, the Earth completes one full rotation around its axis every 24 hours or 86,400 seconds, give or take a few milliseconds. A millisecond (ms) is 0.001 of a ...

Several factors including climate change are affecting Earth's rotation.

Most people think a day on Earth is just the time it takes for the planet to make one full rotation on its axis, but that’s not entirely true. In this video, we uncover the surprising truth about ...