Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

In effect the Earth broke the record 28 times in 2020, and it's still spinning faster. While Earth is, on average, pretty reliable and takes 86,400 seconds to rotate around its axis, this is not ...

According to ABC, that sloshing around can influence the speed of the Earth’s spin. Still, the possible implications of shorter-than-usual days – namely, a “negative leap second” where ...

Seismic wave data previously suggested the Earth’s hot inner core is slowing its spin. Now, researchers say it’s also ...

The idea for the time-lapse originated from a request to create an educational tool that would help students understand Earth's movement.

Scientists found that the inner core’s structure changes as it rotates. It deforms at its border, potentially accumulating ...

The more water from the polar regions flows into the world’s oceans— particularly into equatorial areas—the more significant the drag factor on the speed at which Earth rotates, says the paper.

Although we can't feel Earth spinning, the daily sunrise and ... This is called angular momentum, and it's why the planets and sun are still spinning today. Related: Why do the planets in the ...

The climate crisis has gone so far that it's altering the shape and spin of ... That's because Earth has spun faster and faster over the last eight years for reasons scientists are still trying ...

in the instance of the reporting this week around new findings that researchers say shows the rotation of Earth’s inner core is slowing down relative to the spin of the mantle above it.