Whether through the Moon’s tidal friction, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or tectonic drifts, the Earth’s rotation has been slowing since its formation. Now, a new study from NASA’s JPL and ETH ...

New research has confirmed that our days are getting longer due to global warming. Earth's rotation is anything but constant. It slows down and speeds up due to a number of different factors, and this ...

What can a moon’s tidal friction teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of researchers at the University of ...

The rotation is slowing down due to tidal friction from the Moon, lengthening the day by approximately 1.7 milliseconds per ...

Our Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth, not just due to tidal friction as previously thought. New research suggests ancient planetary impacts and Earth's internal cooling, causing contraction and ...

Earth’s rotation is slowly slowing, scientists say, meaning days are getting longer, though the change takes millions of ...

A recent study has provided new insights into how the warm interior of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus could be sustained for billions of years. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Soon after ...

ADVERTING to the correspondence in NATURE (vol. xxxiv. p. 286), I think that Mr. Darwin has not, FO far, fully realised the results that would follow from the circumstance that the Martian satellite's ...

AT the Editor's request I contribute a few remarks Mr. Brooks's letter. The suggestion that tidal friction might be a cause of changes in the distribution of land and water is not new. It will be ...

For billions of years, the Moon has been Earth’s steadfast companion, influencing tides, stabilising our planet’s tilt, and shaping the evolution of life. Yet precise laser measurements reveal an ...