Why does everything look flat even though the Earth is round?
Even from space, you wouldn’t detect something important about Earth’s shape: It’s not perfectly round. It’s actually a ...
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What’s the Roundest Object in the Universe?
What’s the Roundest Object in the Universe? A view of the planet Venus transiting the sun. Both objects are almost perfectly ...
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Why Earth Is Now Spinning More Slowly—And Days Are Getting Longer
It comes just weeks after another team of researchers suggested that the slight increase in the length of a day may be because Earth’s inner core has been slowing down for 14 years. A sphere of ...
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KS2 Science: The earth's axis - Day and night
That’s because the Earth is a sphere that constantly rotates on its axis:just like a basketball player spinning a ball on their finger – but at over 1,500 kilometres per hour! It takes 24 ...
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Neutron Stars
These stars gradually slow down over the eons, but those bodies that are still spinning rapidly may emit radiation that from Earth appears to blink on and off as the star spins, like the beam of ...
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Simply put: Earth is spinning faster and here’s how it could impact your lives
On July 29, Earth’s full spin was 1.50 milliseconds shorter than 24 hours, which means Earth experienced its shortest day ever and it wasn’t just a one-time fluke. Here's how Earth spinning ...
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Is Earth Spinning Faster? How Ancient Solar Eclipses Are Shedding New Light On Earth’s Rotation
total solar eclipses near the Eastern Mediterranean. Yes, Earth is suddenly spinning faster. Earth rotated once around its axis on Wednesday, June 29, in 1.59 milliseconds less than 24 hours ...