"The tidal drag on the Earth slows its rotation down and the Moon gains that energy as angular momentum." Steven Saphore/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The gravitational tug of the Moon on the Earth ...

Earth's rotational speed is always fluctuating, varying by millisecond. However, our planet's rotation speed is decreasing overall. In 2023, the average length of day became longer for the first ...

"Mini-moon" events occur when asteroids or floating pieces of space junk temporarily orbit the Earth. Their length of time in orbit varies, with some completing a full rotation around the Earth ...

the higher gravity from Earth’s bulge tries to speed up the Moon’s rotation. Meanwhile, the Moon is pulling on Earth and slowing the planet’s rotation. The friction that ensues from this tug ...

A recently discovered asteroid has become a quasi-satellite of Earth as it loops around our planet over the next two months. Earth has a new moon ... it departs. A simulation of 2024 PT5's ...

The moon yanks on the planet’s oceans and causes the tides to bulge, creating drag and slowing down Earth’s spin. Earth’s rotation has been predictably and consistently slowing down because ...

so we could give astronauts a sense of how Moon dust would feel and behave in lunar conditions -- which has a sixth of the gravitational pull of the Earth's. "This simulation could also help us to ...

For the past couple of weeks, Earth ... moon is likely to be a real asteroid, which is simply defined as a small, rocky object that orbits the sun. Amateur astronomer Tony Dunn posted a simulation ...

Their model and their observations show that climate change and global warming will have a greater influence on the Earth's rotational speed than the effect of the moon, which has determined the ...

"The tidal drag on the Earth slows its rotation down and the Moon gains that energy as angular momentum." But in the long term, the incremental braking on our planet's spin by the Moon means that ...