Since 2020, Earth has been rotating unusually fast on its axis, leading scientists to consider whether we should correct for ...

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

Melting ice is slowing Earth's spin and causing changes to its axis, new studies find. The shifts are causing feedback beneath the surface, impacting the planet's molten core.

But Earth has a massive Moon, which pulls on Earth’s spin axis and drives it to precess faster. This slightly faster precession prevents it from experiencing spin orbit resonances.

Twenty-four hours (86,400 seconds), or a full day, is the time it takes for the Earth to rotate fully on its axis. That exact rotation speed depends on a number of factors, including the Earth’s ...

Something Was Messing With Earth’s Axis. The Answer Has to Do With Us. Scientists knew the planet’s centerline could move. But it took a sharp turn sometime around the start of the 2000s.

But Earth has a massive Moon, which pulls on Earth’s spin axis and drives it to precess faster. This slightly faster precession prevents it from experiencing spin orbit resonances.

Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, starting Wednesday, July 9.