Right now, we're zooming through space at incredible speeds, so why aren't we dizzy or flying off into space?  An expert ...

'How planets revolve' is possibly one of the first extraterrestrial phenomena that educators taught students at school. They are told that in this phenomenon, the planets move around the sun in fixed ...

The object, the latest “quasi-moon” detected by astronomers, could be with us for almost another 60 years. By Robin George Andrews The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as ...

Something unusual is happening to our planet, and scientists are racing to understand why. For billions of years, Earth’s rotation has been gradually slowing down, mainly due to the Moon’s ...

It's easy to take Earth's constant rotation for granted. Every 24 hours, our planet completes a full spin on its axis, giving us day and night, powering wind patterns, and maintaining a delicate ...

If you're seated while reading these words — as I am writing them — you're most likely convinced that you and the room around ...

The Sun isn’t just sitting still in space—it’s spinning on its axis, taking about 27 days to complete a rotation at the equator. The constant motion has been going on for billions of years and will ...

Researchers using a NASA supercomputer have modeled Earth’s long-term evolution and projected that the planet could become ...

(CNN) — Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers. July 10 was the shortest day of the year so far, lasting ...

While the shortest day of the year typically falls in winter, summer will have its fair share of abnormally short days this year. According to TimeandDate, Earth will spin unusually fast in July and ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Why can’t we feel the Earth moving? – Dave H., ...

As just one of all the living creatures on Earth, you're along for the ride as our planet constantly moves in two major ways. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication ...