Why does the Earth spin? Sara H., age 5 ... It is surrounded by a thin disk of dust, gas and little bits called planetesimals; they range in size from a grain of sand to rocks maybe up to the ...

New details have been discovered about M87*, the first black hole ever photographed, revealing its plasma, its brightness and ...

“I thought, bloody hell, what on earth was that! I couldn’t believe ... Two years later this was dwarfed by a monster 650ft spinning disc discovered via satellite imagery on Canada’s Taltson ...

The more water from the polar regions flows into the world’s oceans— particularly into equatorial areas—the more significant the drag factor on the speed at which Earth rotates, says the paper.

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory in England recorded the shortest day ever on June 29 and another shortened day on July 26, according to Popular Mechanics, a science and technology ...

A giant slow-turning ice disc, measuring approximately 91m (298ft ... Researchers believe ice discs spin because of temperature changes in the water, creating a vortex underneath.