The Earth is predicted to increase its rotation speed in July and August, once again bucking the trend of a slower rotation ...

Our planet is going to spin a little faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, thanks to the moon’s distance from the equator.

The rotations of the Earth have increased in speed since 2020, and as it spins faster than ever, the shortest day recorded ...

Imagine Earth suddenly stops spinning what happens next? From flying debris and mega-tsunamis to magnetic collapse and ...

According to the website, Earth spins faster when the Moon’s orbit takes it significantly north or south relative to the ...

China's Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites had been moving toward each other in geosynchronous orbit, around 22,236 miles ...

Finally, the Earth moves a little bit beyond one complete revolution, so the stick again points towards the sun for a second local noon. The sidereal day is just a little bit shorter—approximately 23 ...

At any given time, about two-thirds of Earth's surface is covered by clouds. Overall, they make the planet much cooler than ...

When the Earth froze over, where did life shelter? MIT scientists say one refuge may have been pools of melted ice that ...

“Getting that to cross the equator, where the Coriolis force is essentially zero, is kind of impossible because it means you ...

Modern-day environments in Antarctica contain ponds filled with life forms that closely resemble early multicellular ...

Summer gets its official start in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of the summer solstice. The sun will trace its ...