A leap second is a one-second modification that is sometimes used with atomic clocks, whenever there is a change in Earth's ...

The staff at the Fred A. Vaught Memorial Library have hosted fun and educational opportunities through the month of June.

From the point of view of the sun, it takes Earth roughly 86,400 seconds (24 hours) to complete one full rotation. This ...

Earth's rotation is currently speeding up, leading to slightly shorter days, a trend that began around 2020. Scientists ...

Imagine Earth suddenly stops spinning what happens next? From flying debris and mega-tsunamis to magnetic collapse and ...

The universe seems to be spinning, and that could explain what dark energy is and why it's weakening while revealing our ...

A team of researchers has linked Earth's slowing rotation to the Great Oxidation Event, which made the planet more habitable over 2 billion years ago.

Astronomer Captures Breathtaking Time-Lapse Video Of Earth's Rotation From Ladakh Over four gruelling nights, he faced numerous setbacks, including storage issues, battery failures, and timer ...

The reason Earth's spin is slowing down is because the Moon exerts a gravitational pull on the planet, which causes a rotational deceleration since the Moon is gradually pulling away.

Earth Rotation Day is an opportunity to marvel at the science behind our planet’s motion. It serves as a reminder of how fundamental processes, often taken for granted, shape the environment ...

This may sound trivial, but over the last 20 years alone, the pumping of groundwater – mostly for drinking – has caused Earth’s rotation to tilt eastwards by nearly 80 centimeters (31.5 ...