Having looked inevitable, a “drop second” now appears redundant. However, the root cause could be climate change, with the melting of the ice caps possibly slowing the rate of Earth’s rotation.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A single rotation of our planet takes 24 hours and constitutes a day.

In the vast, serene deserts of Ethiopia, something remarkable has been happening since 2005—a 35-mile-long crack, known as ...

It has already been demonstrated that the points of this axis shift by about 10 metres every hundred years. Until now, it was thought this was due to processes inside the Earth. Now, however ...

The next full moon — the Beaver moon — will occur Nov. 15. The full moon falls in the midpoint of the lunar cycle when the ...

Earth has a new “mini-moon” after an asteroid has joined our orbit. The object, known as 2024 PT5, has been chasing after us for years. Now, it has become close enough to be pulled in by our gravity.

Two-thirds of tropical Key Biodiversity Areas experience new temperature regimes. This threatens species adapted to stable ...

Trelstad, Brian, Nien-hê Hsieh, Michael Norris, and Susan Pinckney. "Patagonia: 'Earth Is Now Our Only Shareholder'." Harvard Business School Case 323-057, March 2023. (Revised September 2023.) ...

Earth has a new “mini-moon” after an asteroid has joined our orbit. The object, known as 2024 PT5, has been chasing after us for years. Now, it has become close enough to be pulled in by our ...

The polls simply are not precise enough for a 0.2-point edge to convey any meaningful information. For all purposes, the race ...