Ever wondered how the moon pulls the ocean's waves? 🌓 Dive into the fascinating influence of the moon on Earth’s tides and discover the beauty of this natural dance! #Tides #MoonMagic #NatureScience ...

Atomic clocks and our computer networks are the new, far superior form of time measurement, but we’re forcing them to keep in sync with this older form of measurement,” remarks Dr. David Gozzard, an ...

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...

Yes, the days are getting shorter, with researchers saying the Earth has been spinning faster than usual this year. Here's ...

In 2020, earth hit a record speed. It spun faster than at any time since scientists started tracking it in the 1970s. On July ...

The next full moon is Saturday, Aug. 9, and is sometimes called the Sturgeon Moon. It gets that name from when "The Great ...

Discover why Earth’s rotation is accelerating, how lunar gravity and climate changes play a role, and what it means for timekeeping.

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Japan’s Himawari weather satellites, designed to watch Earth, have quietly delivered a decade of infrared snapshots of Venus.