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 ...

Earth's rotation is subtly accelerating, and scientists are intently tracking the trend. Usually, our planet takes 24 hours, or 86,400 seconds, to finish one complete spin. However, on July 9, 2025, ...

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

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

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

Instead of a tempest in a teapot, imagine the cosmos in a canister. Scientists have performed experiments using nested, ...

However, all is not lost. Their ultra-accurate simulations of the gravity field offer guidance toward a new mathematical foundation of gravity modelling. An upgraded simulator, which accounts for ...

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.