Earth has been spinning faster for the past few years — a trend that could lead the world’s timekeeping institutions to take ...

Scientists break down the reasons why days are getting shorter—and the mystery they're still trying to solve about Earth's ...

NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, a collaborative effort led ...

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

The speed of Earth’s rotation on its axis is increasing. The result of the increasing speed of Earth’s rotation has come in ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a companion star in a tight orbit around Betelgeuse, resolving a long-standing ...

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 expected to spin more quickly in the coming weeks, making some of our days unusually short. On July 9, July 22 and ...

T omorrow, on July 22, the length of the day is expected to be 1.34 milliseconds shorter than usual. Though there are clear reasons for the increased rotational speed this summer, the cause of the ...

Ah, summer in the Northwest, when we enjoy those long, sun-drenched days. But on Tuesday, the Earth is set to record one of its shortest days on record. In this case, we are not talking about hours of ...

Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, starting Wednesday, July 9.