Did you feel that? The planet spun a bit faster last week, by enough to give us our shortest day of the year, so far.

Astronomers have captured the first direct signs of planet formation around the young star HOPS-315, offering a glimpse into ...

On average, from the point of view of the sun, the Earth completes one full rotation around its axis every 24 hours or 86,400 seconds, give or take a few milliseconds. A millisecond (ms) is 0.001 of a ...

The Earth is predicted to make its fastest rotations on July 9, July 10, July 22 and August 5, according to a Time and Date ...

Most people think a day on Earth is just the time it takes for the planet to make one full rotation on its axis, but that’s ...

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

Our respondents are quick to point out the issues with using Earth’s rotation to get to a destination, not least the ...

Earth is set to experience unusually short days in July and August 2025. The Moon's orbital position is subtly accelerating ...

In an unexpected twist, Earth's spin is set to accelerate in July and August, leading to the shortest days on record - with ...

The cause of this acceleration is not explained," Leonid Zotov, expert on Earth rotation, explained. "Ocean and atmospheric ...

In the coming weeks, Earth is expected to rotate slightly faster than usual, causing several days to be marginally shorter.

In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan, and moved the Earth's axis, shortening our days ...