Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and ...

Scientists break down the reasons why days are getting shorter—and the mystery they're still trying to solve about Earth's ...

Scientists have long found that numerous factors can influence the speed of the Earth's rotation, from changing sea levels to ...

The students at Croydon High School for Girls, London, spent a year designing and creating a CubeSat, a miniature satellite which records how sunlight comes through the Earth’s orbit. The ...

The students at Croydon High School for Girls, London, spent a year designing and creating a CubeSat, a miniature satellite which records how sunlight comes through the Earth’s orbit. The project ...

The mission was to put a batch of 23 Starlink satellites, 13 of which have direct-to-cell capabilities, into low-Earth orbit, where they will join the ever-growing constellation of thousands of ...

Earth's climate has undergone dramatic changes over millions of years, with ice ages occurring in strong, predictable patterns explained by the Milankovitch cycles. Named after Milutin Milankovic ...

Live Streams News Earth's orbit is filling up with junk. Greenhouse gases are making the problem worse. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey for Grist May 08, 2025 at 4:15 pm EDT ...

A Soviet space probe stuck in orbit since a failed 1972 launch has finally crashed to Earth. At 9:24 a.m. Moscow time (2:24 a.m. EDT) on May 10, the spacecraft, dubbed Kosmos 482, entered Earth ...

Over 6,600 tons of space junk are orbiting Earth, posing a threat to satellites and future space missions. Learn about the growing problem and cleanup efforts.

Chun Wang, a Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur, paid an undisclosed amount for the mission. Some satellites are already in polar orbit, and researchers called it a routine flight.

SpaceX successfully launched Fram2, the first crewed mission to orbit Earth's poles, on Monday night from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The historic mission is carrying four civilians from ...