But in all likelihood, the Earth will not see this time, having been engulfed by the Sun in its red giant phase, around 7.6 ...

If you haven’t accomplished as much this summer as you had hoped to, you can blame forces far beyond your control: a few of these dog days, by one measure, are among the shortest you’ve ever lived ...

Planet Earth is spinning a little faster today — resulting in one of the shortest days of the year. But the change will be so minuscule you won’t even notice. We’re talking even less time than the ...

As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Researchers from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Curtin University in Australia are reshaping how you understand the rhythm of Earth’s deep past. Led by ...

Learn how we know the Earth is round, and the science behind the shape of our gravitational field.

Earth rotation and polar motion prediction encompass the estimation and forecasting of key parameters that describe the rotational behaviour of our planet. These predictions are pivotal for ...

Suppose you could speed up Earth’s rotation so that a day was only half as long? What would happen? Well, for starters we’d have to make new clocks that only have hours 1 to 6 for am and pm. If you ...

RUSSIA is planning to build an anti-gravity space station where astronauts can roam without floating. Energia, the principal ...

A patent has been filed for a space station concept that generates gravity by rotating its ring-like living quarters in Earth ...

The Russian state rocket company, Energia, has officially secured a patent for a giant, rotating space architect, according ...