This is because the planet's rotation has entered an unexpected period of acceleration, but what would happen if it kept ...

July 9, 2025, saw the Earth spin through one of its shortest days on record a fleeting, nanosecond instant that passed ...

Earth is expected to spin more faster in the coming weeks, making some of our days unusually short. On July 9, 2025, Earth is ...

Droughts have a similar effect: When soil dries out over long periods, it can become compacted or even crusted over, reducing its ability to absorb water. Severe to extreme preexisting drought ...

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

ESA has announced an official agreement to maintain this access to Guiana Space Centre (CSG) for the next decade, to 2035.

A new study has found that dams are so effective at 'impounding' massive amounts of water that they've effectively shifted ...

China's Chang’e-6 mission has delivered the first-ever samples from the Moon’s far side, shedding light on one of planetary ...

While this event does take place in other areas of the tropics, the term Lāhainā Noon originates from, and is used almost exclusively, in Hawaii. In fact, the name came about in quite a fun way. In ...

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