The slow-down is counteracting a speed-up. Over the course of Earth’s history, its rotation has been slowing down. Some 1.4 ...

Scientists have raised concerns that the Earth's inner core may completely halt its rotation by 2040, according to a recent paper published in Nature. The study suggests changes are occurring deep ...

Experiments suggest an unusual magnetic material could help harness energy from Earth’s rotation. But not everyone is convinced ...

That's how quickly Earth rotates on its axis, from West to East. And that rotation is largely responsible for the distribution of every desert, forest, and swamp on the planet. So, let's do a ...

Earth's rotation has been steadily decelerating due to the Moon's gravitational pull. This slowdown, barely perceptible over human lifetimes, has accumulated over billions of years, altering the ...

Melting ice masses also alter the Earth's axis of rotation. Over long timeframes, this polar motion can move the rotation axis points on the Earth's surface by about ten meters per hundred years.

Astronomers at Lowell Observatory observed comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak last spring and noticed that the speed of its rotation was quickly slowing ... was closer to the Earth than it has ...

A controversial new study has claimed that it is possible to generate electricity using the Earth's rotation, its magnetic field, and a surprisingly simple device. If replicated, that could be ...