Earth’s quicker spin challenges civil time as experts weigh a first negative leap second to keep satellites, networks, and ...

3D Blue Earth on Space. planet, galaxy, stars, cosmos, sea, earth, sunset, globe. *The Earth is allegedly spinning faster, and scientists recently recorded its shortest day last month. The normal ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy ...

Scientists announced Monday that Earth is rotating slightly faster than normal, resulting in what is expected to become the second-shortest day ever recorded since precise atomic timekeeping began.

Researchers have been on a long quest to harness carbon-free energy from natural processes, from tapping into tidal forces to mimicking the fusion reactions that occur in stars. Now, a team of ...

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 ...