Ever since its formation around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth's rotation has been gradually slowing down, and its days have gotten progressively longer as a result. While Earth's slowdown is not ...

Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also ...

Scientists predicted that Tuesday will be a fraction of a second shorter than normal as the Earth’s rotation is moving faster. File Photo by NASA/UPI July 22 (UPI) --Scientists predicted that Tuesday ...

California is set to experience one of its shortest days on record — and, no, it’s not because summer is winding down in the Northern Hemisphere. The Earth’s full rotation on its axis is gaining speed ...

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 ...

July 22 (UPI) --Scientists predicted that Tuesday will be a fraction of a second shorter than the average day as the Earth's rotation is moving faster. The international Earth Rotation and Reference ...