The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond during the long days of summer.

A new study has found that dams are so effective at 'impounding' massive amounts of water that they've effectively shifted ...

This is because the planet's rotation has entered an unexpected period of acceleration, but what would happen if it kept ...

July 9, 2025, saw the Earth spin through one of its shortest days on record a fleeting, nanosecond instant that passed unnoticed by most, but sent ripples within the domain of high-precision ...

From 1835 to 1954, a surge of dam building in North America and Europe nudged the poles toward the equator. During this ...

Earth is expected to experience slightly shorter days in the coming weeks as the planet spins faster due to the changing position of the moon, according to a report by Live Science.

The payload Russia's military chose to launch on the Angara A5 is unusual. The rocket deployed its primary passenger, Kosmos ...

July 9 was predicted to have a shorter "length of day" than usual due to an increase in Earth's rotation speed. See which ...

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

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

So far, the shortest day ever recorded was July 5, 2024, when Earth rotated 1.66 milliseconds faster than usual. This year, ...

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