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 ...

How much did the Earth tilt? From 1993 to 2010, the earth is believed to have tilted 31.5 inches east, according to the study, which was published by Geophysical Research Letters.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Earth is not a perfect sphere. When it rotates on its spin axis — an imaginary line that passes through the North and South Poles — it drifts and wobbles.