When looking at the Earth from afar it appears to be a perfect sphere, but that actually isn't the case. Because Earth isn't uniform on all sides due to land masses that shift and change over time, ...

That day, a Wednesday, was 1.59 milliseconds shorter than ever before. It happened because the Earth isn't perfectly spherical and can "wobble" on its axis. The Earth had its shortest ever day this ...

Wednesday, June 29, 2022, was slightly shorter than any other day by a mere 1.59 milliseconds, all due to a slight "wobble" of the Earth, according to scientists. An average day is 86,400 seconds, or ...

Millimeter deviations from the expected wobble of the Earth's axis are giving geophysicists clues to what happens 1,800 miles underground, at the boundary between the Earth's mantle and its iron core.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Humans are responsible for some of the wobble in Earth's spin. Since 1899, the Earth's axis of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Earth spins around once every 24 hours on its axis, creating the continuous cycle of day and ...