When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...

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

Instead Earth’s so-called “True North Pole” is whichever place that is northernmost on the planet, a fact determined by where the globe’s axis of rotation meets its surface.

Our planet is going to spin a little faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, thanks to the moon’s distance from the equator.

Richard Gross of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has calculated that the Japanese earthquake should have sped up the Earth's rotation, resulting in a day that is about 1.8 microseconds (1.8 ...