Oxygen is crucial for life as we know it, but before it could build up in our atmosphere, earth had to slow down. Hosted by: ...

With a synchronized tap from run-of-the-mill hammers on metal plates resting on the ground, researchers kneeling in nine fields across four continents believe they’ve hit upon more than just the earth ...

A geomagnetic reversal sounds like science fiction until the rock record says it has happened before. The real tension sits in the messy middle, when Earth’s magnetic shield can weaken and wobble, ...

Time on Earth Is Changing: How the Planet’s Spin Is Gradually Slowing (Image: Canva) Scientists say Earth’s familiar 24-hour day is slowly changing. The shift is real, measurable, and already underway ...

If you have ever heard that Earth will soon start having 25-hour days, it might be right. The idea itself is not wrong. Scientists do expect Earth’s rotation to keep slowing. What often gets lost is ...

This video explains Earth’s rotation, how it gradually changes over time, and why our planet continues spinning without coming to a complete stop. Donald Trump threatens to terminate broadcast ...

University of Texas Arlington provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Right now, you’re zooming through space at incredible speeds. As just one of all the living creatures on Earth, ...

When we talk about feats of engineering, very few megastructures on Earth rival the sheer scale of China's Three Gorges Dam. It's located in Hubei province, spanning the mighty Yangtze River, and it's ...

If you haven’t accomplished as much this summer as you had hoped to, you can blame forces far beyond your control: a few of these dog days, by one measure, are among the shortest you’ve ever lived ...

If you haven’t accomplished as much this summer as you had hoped to, you can blame forces far beyond your control: a few of these dog days, by one measure, are among the shortest you’ve ever lived ...

Across the Northern Hemisphere, people are soaking up the long hours of summer sunlight, with no idea that they’re experiencing some of the shortest days since modern timekeeping began—by a ...

Earth takes 24 hours to complete a full rotation in a standard day, equal to exactly 86,400 seconds. July 9 was the first of three days in which a millisecond or more could be shaved off the clock on ...