In a spectacular cosmic event, Earth is about to get a "second moon" this fall. An asteroid passing through the Earth will be pulled by its gravitational force. This “second moon” will ...

The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on—electric grids, aviation and ...

When the moon is positioned farther from Earth's equator and closer to the poles, its pull on the planet becomes weaker. With ...

The science behind why the Earth will spin just a little bit faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, this year.

On July 9 — and two other upcoming dates — the moon will be at its maximum distance from the equator, Timeanddate.com notes.

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

But in recent years, scientists have reported variations in Earth’s rotation. In 2020, they found that Earth was spinning ...