The Mechanics of Earth's Spin Earth rotates once in about 24 hours with respect to the Sun, but once every 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds with respect to other distant stars. Scientists call this ...

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Earth's now steamy Equator was covered with ice 716 million years ago, according to a new study. The finding appears to add solid evidence to the theory of an ancient "snowball Earth." The discovery ...

It has been a long standing puzzle to astronomers: why is the Earth's orbit tipped 7 degrees relative to the sun's equator? Now a new theory suggests that violent stage of our solar system's history, ...

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Geodesy is the study of Earth’s shape and size, and of variations in its gravitational field. Earth was originally believed to be flat, but many clues, such as the way ships appear and disappear on ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Melting ice caps changing planet's shape. Aug. 7, 2011 — -- Like many of its inhabitants, the Earth is getting thicker around the middle -- that's what a new study says. The increased bulge is ...