Thanks to a speed-up of Earth's rotation, the length of the astronomical day and the length of the clock day aren't quite ...

The story of Earth’s atmospheric oxygenation is one of transformation, shaped by both biological and planetary forces. While ...

Yet, NASA issued a startling warning about the potential consequences of filling the dam. The space agency cautioned that ...

China is building the world’s largest hydropower dam on a river that flows into India and Bangladesh with potential impact on ...

One of humanity's largest ever projects is slowing down the spin of the Earth, making our days slightly longer. Work on China ...

Earth Rotation Day was observed globally on Wednesday. The day celebrates the rotation of planet earth on its axis which is crucial for defining time and shape of life. Earth rotates on its axis, an ...

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 ...

Can you imagine a dam so huge that it can slow down the daily movement of the Earth? Well, there is one. The massive ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A single rotation of our planet takes 24 hours and constitutes a day.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has come up with another fantastic study, which says that ...

total solar eclipses near the Eastern Mediterranean. Yes, Earth is suddenly spinning faster. Earth rotated once around its axis on Wednesday, June 29, in 1.59 milliseconds less than 24 hours ...

The Three Gorges Dam in China had a measurable impact on Earth's rotation, says scientists from the US space agency NASA. The dam spans the Yangtze Ri ...