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 ...

That complexity could mean bigger fireworks ahead. With the sunspot now rotating to face Earth, it could pose a threat for stronger space weather events in the coming days. M-class flares, like those ...

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 ...

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

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

As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon.

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

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

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