An astronomer takes us on a tour of the universe to learn about the birth of stars and planets and how they get their spin.

Hang on because we’re about to screech to a halt. That’s right. The Earth is going to stop spinning for five seconds. How ...

Why does the Earth spin? Sara H., age 5, New Paltz, New York A globe was the first thing I ever bought with my own money. I was maybe 5 years old, and I was really excited to take it home.

The huge seven metre sculpture is made out of detailed NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface, creating a mind-bendingly realistic replica of our planet. The spinning globe is accompanied by a ...

In effect the Earth broke the record 28 times in 2020, and it's still spinning faster. While Earth is, on average, pretty reliable and takes 86,400 seconds to rotate around its axis, this is not ...

I can understand that shut ins will use them, but the day that this affects the revenues of either company is basically, you know, [00:03:55] Lee Jackson: the day the earth stops spinning [00:03: ...

Mega-buildings and dams like China’s Three Gorges Dam are subtly shifting Earth’s rotation. With its 40 billion cubic meters of water, the dam affects our planet’s spin, adding 0.06 ...