As early as 2024, scientists from the US and China discovered that the Earth’s core had slowed down and even stopped moving ...

A sudden halt to Earth's rotation, though improbable, would trigger catastrophic events. Inertia would cause widespread ...

Solar eclipse maps show crisp lines for the path of totality, but in reality, the edges of the path are fuzzy, jagged and sometimes wrong by hundreds of meters or more ...

After a few months docked at the ISS, the Dragon cargo capsule will depart and head for a parachute-assisted splashdown in ...

The Space Force operates the Global Positioning System satellite network to provide navigation services to ships, airplanes, ...

Precise orbit determination (POD) is vital for satellite navigation, positioning, and timing services, especially as large Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations grow in scale. A new method integrates ...

A 2016 satellite photo shows nearly a dozen swirling dark spots that emerged in the clouds over Heard Island in the Indian Ocean.

Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also ...

James O'Donoghue receives funding from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). Earth will complete a rotation 1.33 milliseconds earlier than usual on Tuesday, August 5. That makes it ...

A strange shift in Earth's rotation is making our days milliseconds shorter — and scientists are racing to understand why. The days are getting shorter and not just because summer is waning in the ...