Earth’s rotation is slowly slowing, scientists say, meaning days are getting longer, though the change takes millions of ...

A patent has been filed for a space station concept that generates gravity by rotating its ring-like living quarters in Earth ...

According to the patent, habitable modules would rotate around a central axis to simulate gravity for crew by producing an outward-pushing centrifugal force.

If you have ever heard that Earth will soon start having 25-hour days, it might be right. The idea itself is not wrong.

The Russian state rocket company, Energia, has officially secured a patent for a giant, rotating space architect, according ...

Researchers from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Curtin University in ...

Planet Earth is spinning a little faster today — resulting in one of the shortest days of the year. But the change will be so minuscule you won’t even notice. We’re talking even less time than the ...

July 22 is reportedly one of the shortest days ever recorded. Before you get worried, the day will only be 1.34 milliseconds less than the standard 24 hours we’re used to, according to Space.com, so ...

Physicists at NASA and Princeton generate electricity from the Earth's rotation: could wind energy be our energy source of ...

As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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