Theia is named for the Greek goddess of light, daughter of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (sky), and mother of the sun, moon and dawn. According to this theory, the Earth had no tilt before Theia’s impact.

Currently, the Earth's inner core is moving slowly and in the opposite direction relative to the rotation of the Earth's surface. Scientists have noted that since the early 1970s, the inner core ...

NASA reports that the construction and operation of China's Three Gorges Dam have slightly slowed Earth's rotation by 0.06 microseconds. This effect is due to the redistribution of water mass ...

This may sound trivial, but over the last 20 years alone, the pumping of groundwater – mostly for drinking – has caused Earth’s rotation to tilt eastwards by nearly 80 centimeters (31.5 ...

How much did the Earth tilt? From 1993 to 2010, the earth is believed to have tilted 31.5 inches east, according to the study, which was published by Geophysical Research Letters.

How much did the Earth tilt? From 1993 to 2010, the earth is believed to have tilted 31.5 inches east, according to the study, which was published by Geophysical Research Letters.

The study, which included data from 1993 through 2010, showed that pumping as much as 2,150 gigatons of groundwater has caused a shift in the Earth’s tilt (via Earth.com).

The Earth takes one full year to revolve around the Sun and takes 24 hours, or one day, to do one full rotation on its axis. This axis is why we have day and night; during the day, we’re facing ...

Follow us on Google News (click on ☆) Description of Earth's axial tilt (obliquity) and its relationship to the planes of the ecliptic, the celestial equator, and the axis of rotation. Earth is shown ...

Both by melting the polar ice caps and by pumping huge volumes of water from underground, we are changing the shape, tilt, and spin of Earth. Since the early 1990s, the effect has been astounding ...