If you feel like you never have enough hours in the day to do everything you want to do, don't worry. You just have to wait ...

Explains how Earths day length could extend to 25 hours over hundreds of millions of years due to lunar tides, and how this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. After a few years of speeding up, our planet now appears to ...

When we think about a day on Earth, we usually take it for granted that it lasts 24 hours. But in reality, Earth’s rotation is a bit different. It’s not fixed, and over time, even tiny shifts in how ...

Earth's rotation is speeding up this summer, leading to slightly shorter days—a phenomenon that has captured the attention of scientists, astronomers, and global timekeepers. On July 10, 2025, Earth ...

Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers. July 10 was the shortest day of the year so far, lasting 1.36 ...

A team of researchers led by Philip Walther at the University of Vienna carried out a pioneering experiment where they measured the effect of the rotation of Earth on quantum entangled photons. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Earth could be about to record its fastest-ever rotation.

Two studies funded by NASA have concluded that Earth’s rotation is slowing due to Earth’s melting polar ice caps. This adjustment in planetary mass is enough to change the rotation as added water to ...

Even though Earth is always spinning, we can't feel it, and you probably take it for granted. But what would happen if it stopped? If Earth suddenly stopped spinning, it would be catastrophic. Almost ...

Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also ...