Earth’s rotation is no longer matching the tidy 24-hour day that our technology assumes. Since 2020, each day has been ...

If you've seen illustrations or models of the solar system, maybe you noticed that all the planets orbit the sun in more or less the same plane, traveling in the same direction. Earth's gravity has a ...

Global warming caused by climate change is shifting how quickly the Earth's rotation is speeding up and affecting the time we keep, according to a study published Wednesday. Research by University of ...

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 ...

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