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 ...

USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of the Earth's enigmatic inner core, revealing for the first time that this 1,500-mile-wide ball of iron and nickel is changing.

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

Astronomers have detected a neutron star in the binary system 4U 1820-30 spinning at 716 times per second, breaking records for speed. Located 26,000 light-years from Earth, the star's surface ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

In effect the Earth broke the record 28 times in 2020, and it's still spinning faster. While Earth is, on average, pretty reliable and takes 86,400 seconds to rotate around its axis, this is not ...

Scientists measured a chorus wave emerging from an unexpected place, and confirmed a key piece of a theory about how these ...

Lauren Irving, who graduated from Peachtree Ridge High School and Shorter College, is one of three “show guides” in Ringling ...

M87* is the first black hole ever photographed. It sits in the center of the massive galaxy Messier 87, which is located about 340 quintillion miles from Earth. This cosmic giant, which holds roughly ...