Did the world’s first solar eclipse change Earth’s rotation? Scientists decode a 709 BCE mystery

Ancient Chinese astronomers observed a solar eclipse in 709 BCE with remarkable detail. These old records are now helping ...
Nature

Earth Rotation Dynamics and Free Core Nutation

Earth’s rotation dynamics are influenced by a range of internal and external factors, with Free Core Nutation (FCN) standing out as a key phenomenon. FCN arises from the slight misalignment between ...
Science Daily

Particles with 'eyes' allow a closer look at rotational dynamics

An international team has developed spherical colloidal particles for the visualization of rotational dynamics. The two-color fluorescent particles have an off-center core that allows tracking of ...
Physics World

Galaxy rotation study rules out modified gravity, or does it?

Dynamic galaxy: can the rotation of the spiral galaxy NGC 1232 be explained by MOND? (Courtesy: ESO) Can modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) explain the curious behaviour of rotating galaxies? Two ...
JSTOR Daily

Tracking the rotation of single CdS nanorods during photocatalysis with surface plasmon resonance microscopy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 116, No. 14 (April 2, 2019), pp. 6630-6634 (5 pages) While rotational dynamics of anisotropic nanoobjects has ...
Science Daily

Physicists analyze rotational dynamics of galaxies and influence of the photon mass

The rotation of stars in galaxies such as our Milky Way is puzzling. The orbital speeds of stars should decrease with their distance from the center of the galaxy, but in fact they all have the same ...
JSTOR Daily

Nutrient Dynamics throughout the Rotation of Eucalyptus Clonal Stands in Congo

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The dynamics of the main nutrient fluxes of the biological cycle were quantified in a clonal Eucalyptus plantation throughout the whole ...