As the world turns
As far back as 470 BCE, ancient Greeks speculated the Earth itself moves. In 1851, French physicist Leon Foucault ...
Celebrating the planet’s daily spin
Earth’s Rotation Day, observed annually on January 8th, marks the discovery of Earth's rotation by French physicist Léon ...
NASA warns: China’s Three Gorges Dam could slow Earth’s rotation by 0.06 seconds; here’s how
NASA reports that the construction and operation of China's Three Gorges Dam have slowed Earth's rotation by 0.06 ...
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Earth Rotation Day being observed today
Earth Rotation Day is being observed globally today (Wednesday). The day celebrates the rotation of planet earth on its axis ...
China slows down rotation of earth by….! NASA issues warning, is Xi Jinping planning to destroy the world?
The Three Gorges Dam's reservoir, which holds a staggering 40 billion cubic meters of water, leads to a substantial ...
How the Earth’s tilt creates short, cold January days
When one of the poles points more toward the Sun than the other pole, that half of the planet gets more sunlight than the other half, and it’s summer in that hemisphere. When that pole tilts away from ...
The incredible £29bn megaproject that's so big it affects the Earth's rotation
The world's largest hydroelectric dam, which opened in 2003, is so vast that it actually has an effect on the spin on the ...
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Pause for Thought: It’s not too late to seek a relationship with our saviour
Well, 2025 marks a quarter of the way through the 21st Century. Your Christmas decorations are probably down and you’ve squashed a mountain of present packaging in the wheelie bin, hoping the bin men ...
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Earth’s central axis changed: NASA says this giant hydroelectric power plant is the cause
the greater the distance of a mass from its axis of rotation, the slower it will rotate. In this case, since this alteration occurred at a height higher than sea level, the effect on the Earth's ...
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Winter solstice 2024: The shortest day of the year is arriving
This dual phenomenon occurs because the Earth rotates on a tilted axis. Twice a year, the sun's path reaches its northernmost or southernmost point, creating solstices that mark the transition ...