July 9, 2025, saw the Earth spin through one of its shortest days on record a fleeting, nanosecond instant that passed ...

Earth may experience its shortest day ever, with the Moon’s position speeding up the planet’s rotation by about 1.3-1.6 milliseconds.

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

Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, ...

On the promised day, July 20, 1969, the team landed on the moon as Armstrong climbed onto the surface of the moon, and spoke his famous words: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for ...

In the coming weeks, Earth is expected to rotate slightly faster than usual, causing several days to be marginally shorter.

This time next year, NASA plans to send its first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years. NPR visited the facility to find out how astronauts are preparing for this high stakes exploration.

The moon getting its own “time zone” is critical to future space exploration. Shutterstock / Dima Zel. Lunar Coordinate Time would also play a role in navigating space and the moon, added NIST ...

Using recent advancements in signal processing analysis, experts reviewed scans of a pit located in the moon’s Mare Tranquillitatis region taken in 2010 by the Miniature Radio-Frequency (Mini-RF ...

The next human Moon landing is set to be in 2027 according to NASA. Firefly Aerospace. After launch and 45 days of spaceflight, Blue Ghost will attempt to land on the far side of the Moon near a ...