EARTH is set to have three unexpectedly shorter than average days in the coming weeks – and it’s taken scientists by surprise ...

(Web Desk) - Earth is set to have three unexpectedly shorter than average days in the coming weeks - and it has taken ...

Telling the time on the Moon is more complicated than you might think, but answering the question is becoming more important ...

The Moon is more than just a familiar sight in our skies. It dictates conditions on Earth. The Moon is large enough to stabilize our planet's rotation, holding Earth's polar axis steady to within ...

Asteroid-sampling probe took images day after launch, China’s space agency says, as eight universities carry out mock lunar ...

For the record: 9:32 a.m. June 30, 2019. A previous version of this story said the time it takes for Earth to complete a single rotation on its axis had slowed by 1.8 milliseconds per century.

Earth is bidding farewell to a tiny asteroid that joined its orbit for nearly two months. The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday.

Accounts of total solar eclipses throughout history can reveal how Earth's rotation has changed. Newfound documents may prompt a rethinking of the planet's motion as far back as the fourth century.

The longest total lunar eclipse or blood moon in a century will happen overnight on July 27. From the moon, Earth will look like it's surrounded by a ring of fire — with its sunset and sunrise ...

Here we investigate an alternative mechanism of dynamo generation: continuous mechanical stirring arising from the differential motion, due to Earth-driven precession of the lunar spin axis ...