If you feel like you never have enough hours in the day to do everything you want to do, don't worry. You just have to wait ...

Explains how Earths day length could extend to 25 hours over hundreds of millions of years due to lunar tides, and how this ...

A globe was the first thing I ever bought with my own money. I was maybe 5 years old, and I was really excited to take it home. As I quickly discovered, you can spin it in the direction that the earth ...

When we think about a day on Earth, we usually take it for granted that it lasts 24 hours. But in reality, Earth’s rotation is a bit different. It’s not fixed, and over time, even tiny shifts in how ...

The heart of our planet has been spinning unusually slowly for the past 14 years, new research confirms. And if this mysterious trend continues, it could potentially lengthen Earth's days — though the ...

The Earth is spinning slightly faster than before, and that means our days are becoming shorter by a tiny fraction of a second. Scientists say this trend has been noticeable since 2020, and by 2029, ...

Two studies funded by NASA have concluded that Earth’s rotation is slowing due to Earth’s melting polar ice caps. This adjustment in planetary mass is enough to change the rotation as added water to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Earth could be about to record its fastest-ever rotation.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. After a few years of speeding up, our planet now appears to ...

(CNN) — Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers. July 10 was the shortest day of the year so far, lasting ...

A new study confirms that Earth's inner core has been rotating more slowly than usual since 2010. This mysterious "backtracking" could also end up slightly altering the planet's overall rotation, ...