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SIMPLY PUT: Earth is spinning faster and here’s how it could impact your lives
However, this wasn’t just a one-time fluke. Earth has been in a hurry in recent years. As pe…
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Human activities are changing Earth's spin so much that it might affect how we keep time
Human-driven climate change is causing Earth's poles to lose so much ice it's changing the planet's…
Ellyn Lapointe,Morgan McFall-…
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An incredible animation by a planetary scientist shows how fast each planet spins by putting them in one giant globe
As one commenter pointed out on Twitter, it can be weird to watch Africa and South America making t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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June 29 was the shortest day in recorded history — a 'wobble' in the Earth's spin shaved off 1.59 milliseconds
The Earth is not a perfect sphere, so its axis can sometimes stray from the poles a little, bringin…
Marianne Guenot
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How the fastest spacecraft ever reached 165,000 miles per hour
As NASA explains: "During the Earth flyby, called a gravity assist, Juno steals a tiny bit of [Eart…
Meghan Bartels
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Total solar eclipses are going extinct
Starting with records of eclipses in his day and the observed motion of the moon and sun, he used I…
Mark Littmann and Fred Espena…
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The mysterious iron ball at the center of the Earth may have stopped spinning and reversed direction
A new study suggests Earth's inner core may have paused and reversed direction, shedding further li…
Chris Panella,Morgan McFall-J…
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The Earth has tilted on its axis differently over the last few decades due to melting ice caps
Scientists say the Earth's axis tilt has changed due to melting ice caps over the last few decades.
Aylin Woodward
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Julia Calderone
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An astronomer at Japan's space agency is making simple animations that reveal the surprising physics of the solar system
As a scientist at both NASA and JAXA, James O'Donoghue has studied the planets. In his free time, h…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Despite how it may have felt, 2020 was shorter than previous years - Earth is spinning quicker than it has in decades
Earth beat the record for shortest day ever 28 times in 2020. In 2021, scientists predict the plane…
Susie Neilson
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter will attempt to fly again on Monday, following several delays
After a few setbacks, Nasa's helicopter will finally get on its way, following its landing with Per…
Kevin Shalvey
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NASA delays Mars helicopter flight after a crucial rotor-blade-spinning test ended abruptly
Ingenuity was supposed to spin its blades at full speed on Friday, but a "watchdog" timer that iden…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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One simple equation explains why experts think monster storms like Hurricane Patricia are just the beginning
What's more, hurricanes get their energy from warm water, and the warmer the water, the faster the …
Jessica Orwig
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We could see twice as many big earthquakes next year, scientists warn - because the equator has shrunk
This all takes time for us to feel on the ground. But after five years without many high-intensity …
Hilary Brueck
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This Neutron Star Spins Faster Than A Helicopter Rotor
As the pulsar whips around, it spews out a jet of charged particles that race along the pulsar's ro…
Randy Astaiza
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The asteroid NASA just landed on turns out to be hollow, with a large 'void' at its center. It may be spinning itself to death.
NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft orbited asteroid Bennu for two years, monitoring pebbles flying off of…