New Delhi: The speed of Earth's rotation on its axis is increasing. The result of the increasing speed of Earth's rotation has come in the form of a decrease in the daytime. Scientists say that it has ...

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond during the long days of summer. By Jacey Fortin This article was updated ...

The speed of Earth's rotation is about 1,000 miles per hour relative to its axis. Your exact speed of rotation due to Earth's spin depends on your latitude. The farther you are from the equator, the ...

If you feel like there’s less time in the day, you’re correct. Scientists recorded the shortest day on Earth since the invention of the atomic clock. Our planet’s rotation measured in at 1.59 ...

July 22 is reportedly one of the shortest days ever recorded. Before you get worried, the day will only be 1.34 milliseconds less than the standard 24 hours we’re used to, according to Space.com, so ...

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Editor’s note: Welcome to Just4Kids, a new feature with content from The Conversation for Kids, a nonprofit in which scholars answer kids’ questions about science, health and more, that will be ...

We throw around terms like “light year” and “faster than light travel” frequently. But to really understand the scale it helps to feel how fast the speed of light is. The flight simulation video below ...