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

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 ...

Google is commemorating Earth Day with an animated doodle showing a cycle of all four season. The search giant has been making quirky changes to its logo since 1998, and today, it is marking this ...

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 ...

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.

John Nelson, a Michigan programmer for IDV Solutions, has created an animation of the Earth 'breathing' using images provided by Nasa as part of its ‘Blue Marble Next Generation’ project.

A mesmerising new animation shows the Earth 'breathing' in and out carbon with the changing of the seasons throughout the year. Parts of the globe can be seen sinking as the Earth's plants suck ...

The Earth's pole of rotation is tilted 23.4 degrees relative to the plane of its orbit. This tilt is always toward the same point in the sky, called the celestial pole, no matter where in its ...

Summer will finally officially arrive. Daisies are blooming. Geese are molting. And baseball fans are cursing the Yankees. Each species is responding to the change in seasons, moving along to the ...

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.