The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reports that Earth is currently spinning faster, ...

Scientists say Earth's rotation is being affected by climate change, especially through melting ice and shifting groundwater. Combined with natural forces like lunar gravity, the planet’s days are ...

The Earth orbits the Sun, but with a tilt. That tilt is important to those of us on the planet because it creates our seasons. How does that work? What does our planet’s rotation mean for us on ...

An animation showcases how the seasons change with Earth's orbit around the sun. Earth's axis tilt causes very specific weather patterns and daylight during the course of a year.

Scientists Turned the Earth’s Rotation Into 17 Microvolts of Electricity. That Could Be Revolutionary. In trying to solve Earth’s climate problem, the answer might be Earth itself.

Summer solstice 2025 brings changing seasons to Earth on June 20; ... July 19, 2020, was a record-breaking short day that year with Earth completing a rotation in 1.47 milliseconds under 24 hours.

The spring equinox takes place on March 20, 2023. Here's how Earth and the sun align to cause the celestial event, and what it means.

Seasons are defined in two ways: astronomical seasons, which are based on Earth’s position as it rotates around the sun, and meteorological seasons, which are based on annual temperature cycles.

Scientists say they’ve confirmed Earth’s inner core has been slowing down. Here’s what it could mean — and why the topic has been the subject of fierce debate.

This may sound trivial, but over the last 20 years alone, the pumping of groundwater – mostly for drinking – has caused Earth’s rotation to tilt eastwards by nearly 80 centimeters (31.5 ...

Earth takes just under 24 hours to complete one rotation. But the movement of its axis, and therefore its poles, could add milliseconds to that spin time, making our days a tiny bit longer.