The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond during the long days of summer.

Earth is set to experience one of its shortest days ever recorded as the planet's rotation continues its unexpected ...

July 9 was unusually short thanks to changes in how fast the Earth is spinning. But two other days this summer are expected ...

When the moon is positioned farther from Earth's equator and closer to the poles, its pull on the planet becomes weaker. With ...

As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon.

"Zero Waste" blogger Lauren Singer has been living trash free for four years by making her own beauty and cleaning products, and buying local, organic food.

July 9 will be one of the shortest days ever, as Earth is spinning faster and scientists are still working to understand why.

The science behind why the Earth will spin just a little bit faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, this year.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Although the Earth completes one full rotation in 86,400 seconds on average, that spin fluctuates by a millisecond or two every day. Before ...

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