The Earth rotates at about 1,670 kilometers per hour at the equator, yet we experience no sense of motion. But how is this ...

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.

While the Earth’s rotation changes over cosmic timescales, it also fluctuates on daily ones. We all know that a day lasts 24 hours, or 86,400 seconds, but that’s not perfectly accurate.

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 2020, the ...

The Navy and NASA on Friday released a long-awaited draft Environmental Impact Statement on plans for the military service and the scientific research agency to retain nearly 8,200 acres of ...

Science News: Researchers discovered a hidden island near Rio Grande. The island has abundant rare earth elements. This finding could revolutionize green technology ...

Earth's rotation is slowing down, making each day longer than before—Here's why it's happening A team of researchers has linked Earth's slowing rotation to the Great Oxidation Event, which made ...

Every second, the Earth spins silently through space, its motion and magnetic field largely invisible to us. But now, scientists say this ceaseless rotation might be more than just a cosmic ...

American researchers have measured a tiny electrical voltage by exploiting Earth's magnetic field in the planet's rotational motion. This discovery, though modest, revives a scientific debate nearly ...

While we go about our days the Earth is constantly rotating through its own magnetic field. Now, experts claim it is possible to harvest clean energy from this natural rhythm.

Before we start leveraging the Earth’s rotation as a source of energy, however, another lab will need to reproduce these results.