Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, ...

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

Earth is set to experience unusually short days in July and August 2025. The Moon's orbital position is subtly accelerating ...

July's full moon, known as the "Buck Moon," will rise on July 10 as the farthest full moon from the sun in 2025.

While high or low clouds are expected in various areas across Michigan overnight July 10, forecasters expect the buck moon to ...

In an unexpected twist, Earth's spin is set to accelerate in July and August, leading to the shortest days on record - with ...

Right now, Earth is about 3.1 million miles farther from the sun than it is in early January when it reaches perihelion, its ...

"Earth is expected to spin more quickly in the coming weeks, making some of our days unusually short. On July 9, July 22 and Aug. 5, the position of the moon is expected to affect Earth's rotation so ...

Because Earth moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun, being further away means it travels slower along its orbit. This ...

“Earth’s orbit is fairly circular,” said Larry Wasserman, an astronomer at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, ... At aphelion, Earth’s distance from the sun is about 94.5 million miles.

In the coming weeks, Earth is expected to rotate slightly faster than usual, causing several days to be marginally shorter.

We see some of our hottest temps when Earth is furthest from the Sun (aphelion) and coolest at the closest to the Sun ...