The International Rotation and Reference Systems Service found that July 9, July 22, and August 5 will be victims of the time ...

Earth is spinning faster than ever, and the result is a shortening of the length of our days. Since 2020, each year has ...

Ever wondered if human ingenuity could literally shift our planet? Turns out, it can – albeit ever so slightly.

EARTH is set to have three unexpectedly shorter than average days in the coming weeks – and it’s taken scientists by surprise ...

A scientist has warned that Earth's rotation is unexpectedly accelerating, leading to the shortest day in history in just a ...

Earth's rotation is currently speeding up, leading to slightly shorter days, a trend that began around 2020. Scientists ...

The planet’s liquid core spins independently of its solid outer shell. If the core slows down, the solid shell speeds up to maintain momentum, Agnew said, and that is what’s currently happening.

We’ve long known that humanity could change ecosystems. Now we know we can tilt the planet itself. According to NASA, ...

So much ice is melting at the Earth's poles that it's affecting the rotation of the planet, scientists say. Its spin is slowing down slightly, causing days to get longer.

Early in the planet's history, Earth's rotation may have even been shorter than 10 hours, Konstantin Batygin, a professor of planetary science at Caltech, told Live Science in an email.This speedy ...

New studies, which utilized AI to monitor the effects of climate change on Earth's spin, have shown that our days are getting increasingly longer and that our planet will get more wobbly in the ...

The rotation of the red planet has been speeding up and scientists are wondering why. Credit Credit... NASA/JPL-Caltech. By Kenneth Chang. Published Aug. 17, 2023 Updated Aug. 18, 2023.