F or the past couple of decades, Earth’s rotation around its axis has been speeding up. Consequently, the days have grown shorter every day by just a tiny fraction of a second. This very slight ...

Did you know both the astronomical first day of spring and Easter Sunday are tied to the spring equinox? How they relate, what to know for spring 2025.

The slow-down is counteracting a speed-up. Over the course of Earth’s history, its rotation has been slowing down. Some 1.4 ...

Experiments suggest that an unusual magnetic material can help harness energy from the planet’s rotation. But not everyone is ...

The calendar is about to agree with spring training, seasonal allergies, warming temperatures and crazy weather changes in ...

Earth Rotation Day was observed globally on Wednesday. The day celebrates the rotation of planet earth on its axis which is crucial for defining time and shape of life. Earth rotates on its axis, an ...

If you estimate that a day is 24 hours long ... The atmosphere would still be moving at the original speed of the Earth's rotation. This means that everything would be swept off of land, including ...

In 2009-2010, the rotation of the Earth's inner core completely ... One consequence of these changes is that the length of the day on Earth may alter slightly. While these variations are ...

Spring has officially sprung in North America, bringing with it the promise of warmer days. At precisely 5:01 a.m. ET on Thursday, March 20, the sun's rays fell directly on the equator, marking the ...

Seismic waves suggest the planet's solid inner core is being pulled out of shape – and it has undergone these changes over just a few decades ...

The Earth completes one rotation every 24 hours to give us day and night. When Britain faces the Sun it is daytime, but the other side of the world is in darkness. So in Australia it is the middle ...

Night is when the sun sets and it gets dark. This film explores the difference between day and night and demonstrates how the rotation of the earth's axis contributes to making seasons such as ...