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

Astronomers suggest Earth may sit in a giant cosmic void. This could explain the faster local universe expansion, known as ...

While that tiny time difference is imperceptible to humans, it represents part of a broader pattern that has left scientists ...

Earth is set to spin a bit faster in the coming months, leading to slightly shorter days, according to scientists. On July 9, ...

Instead of a tempest in a teapot, imagine the cosmos in a canister. Scientists have performed experiments using nested, ...

In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan, and moved the Earth's axis, shortening our days ...

F iguring out the day length of Earth is more complicated than you might imagine. While on average a day is 24 hours long, ...

A team from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF), local spin-off company Spaceoptix, and satellite communications specialist Tesat have been working on the ...

By studying faint vibrations within stars, scientists using the Keck Planet Finder have discovered internal features that ...