A fascinating new study has shaken up our understanding of Earth’s oceans. It reveals that around 15 million years ago, ...

It doesn’t happen often that the Earth puts timekeepers in their place, but on August 5, 2025, the world is set to do just ...

Planetary scientist Meenakshi Wadhwa is due to return to her postdoctoral roots at UCSD in October after six years as director of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State ...

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

Earth is spinning mysteriously fast on Tuesday, August 5, making it the third shortest day of this summer. Normally, the ...

The moon causes a second phenomenon that affects Earth’s rotation on a human timescale. Beachgoers know full well that the moon’s gravity causes the seas’ daily high and low tides, and the solid Earth ...

This summer a few factors are adding up to make a handful of Earth’s spins—those occurring on July 10, July 22 and August 5—more than a millisecond faster than the average of the past several decades.

Ample sunshine, ice cream, and afternoons at the beach might leave you wishing that summer would never end. Unfortunately, this year the season is speeding by a smidge faster than normal. Through July ...

The deep ocean is a world of crushing pressure, freezing temperatures, and eternal darkness. For most of history, scientists ...

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

Earth is approaching a critical moment in the future habitability of the planet. Credit: NASA images by Reto Stöckli, based on data from NASA and NOAA ...

Earth Day has always been a day that acknowledges our planet, which provides for us, and ways we can protect and preserve its beauty. That being said, here's everything you should know about Earth ...