There are a total of three days this summer — July 9, July 22 and Aug. 5 — when the moon will be around its furthest distance ...

Humphrey said the change to the Earth’s axis isn’t large enough that it would affect daily life. It could change the length of day we experience, but only by milliseconds.

Climate Change Is Shifting the Planet’s Most Basic Properties Humans have managed to slow the Earth’s spin and shift its axis. By Marina Koren ...

Experts use Earth's rotational axis as a reference point to map a spacecraft's location. With the axis shifting over time, it could be more challenging to determine accurately where spacecraft are ...

A recent groundbreaking study published in Geophysical Research Letters has revealed an astonishing new insight: Earth’s rotational axis has shifted 31.5 inches in less than two decades, largely due ...

What is the speed of Earth's rotation? Here's why we don't feel a thing, even though Earth spins at 1,000 mph.

Over the past one billion years, Earth's rotation has been slowing down - until now. On August 5th we will see one of the shortest ever days as our planet spins faster for no clear reason ...

The world’s largest hydroelectric plant is doing more than generating power – it’s ever so slightly changing how the planet ...

Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and ...

Earth is spinning mysteriously fast on Tuesday, August 5, making it the third shortest day of this summer. Normally, the ...

Obliquity, the angle between Earth’s equatorial and orbital planes or the tilt in Earth’s axis, varies between 22.5 and 24 degrees during a cycle of 41,000 years.

Soaring carbon emissions, an unexpected new source of global warming, and collapsing ocean currents shocked scientists in 2024. Here are our picks for this year's top climate change stories.