Physicists at NASA and Princeton generate electricity from the Earth's rotation: could wind energy be our energy source of ...
New research suggests that for about a billion years, Earth’s rotation stayed stable at 19-hour days due to a balance between ...
The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth, a fact confirmed by decades of laser measurements and detailed in a recent ...
Right now, as a passenger on planet Earth, you’re zooming through space at incredible speeds. But why can't you feel it?
When Santa is done delivering presents on Christmas Eve, he must get back home to the North Pole, even if it's snowing so ...
Earth's rotation on its axis is the fundamental reason for the cycle of day and night. As our planet spins, one side faces the Sun, experiencing dayli ...
Depending on how you look at it, this catchphrase from a 1980s pop song is decently accurate: you can actually melt the ...
The Iberian Peninsula — that massive piece of Europe holding Spain and Portugal — is not the static landmass we imagine. It’s ...
For nearly a billion years, Earth’s rotation stopped slowing down. Locked in a rare cosmic balance, the planet’s day remained ...
When Santa is done delivering presents on Christmas Eve, he must get back home to the North Pole, even if it's snowing so ...
A team of international researchers has uncovered fresh data on the world's earliest recorded solar eclipse using ancient Chinese texts. These findings could shed light on how the Earth's rotation has ...
The hunt is on for terrestrial exoplanets in habitable zones, and some of the most promising candidates were discovered ...