This means it is a little bit wider around the equator than it is tall, like a sphere that someone sat on and squashed a ...

For spinning spheres, centrifugal force is maximized at the equator, where the rotational speed is highest. The amount of the ...

Recent observations have revealed an intriguing phenomenon: the Earth is spinning faster on its axis than it has in recorded ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spin, Earth, Spin highlights the movement of the planets in our solar system. As well as each sphere spinning on its axis, the smaller bodies orbit around the larger ones and some - including ...

That iron ball — Earth's inner core — may have recently stopped rotating, then reversed direction for no apparent reason, a new study found. That may sound apocalyptic, but don't worry.

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 ...