The intriguing question of whether a plane can outrun Earth’s rotation has been a topic of recent aviation discussions. This ...

Although the Earth completes one full rotation in 86,400 seconds on average, that spin fluctuates by a millisecond or two every day. Before 2020, the Earth never experienced a day shorter than the ...

NASA is closely tracking two asteroids, 2025 VW and 2025 VC2 that are around 1-2 million miles away from the planet.

If the atmosphere were not dragged with our planet, you could utilize the insane relative wind speeds to decrease flight time ...

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond during the long days of summer. By Jacey Fortin This article was updated ...

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 ...

NASA images show asteroid 2025 OW spinning at extreme speed, improving its orbit forecast and revealing surface details only ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to Just4Kids, a new feature with content from The Conversation for Kids, a nonprofit in which scholars answer kids’ questions about science, health and more, that will be ...

The Earth is spinning around at over 1,000 miles per hour, but outrunning the rotation is only possible in short bursts on ...