The Earth rotates at about 1,670 kilometers per hour at the equator, yet we experience no sense of motion. But how is this ...

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

Well according to astronomers, last night was a few milliseconds 1.3 ms shorter to be precise and there are more days this ...

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

But with atomic clocks tracking the Earth’s rotational speed so closely that once every year and a half or so, the ...

As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon.

Thanks to atomic clocks (and all the worldly forces that influence them), scientists know that Earth's rotation has begun to ...

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

The soft Earth’s bulges, coupled with a faster rotation rate, could have substituted for modern ocean tides, says Nimmo, raising the Moon’s orbit from five to 16 Earth radii in 200 million years.

Why does the Earth spin? Sara H., age 5, New Paltz, New York 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 ...