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Have days on Earth always been 24 hours?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 22 hours ago"The relative change in orbital speed would not be noticeable in daily life." Several factors are contributing to Earth's slowing rotation. The primary...
Mythbusting: do you really weigh less on the summit of a high mountain?
Advnture via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoThat’s a difference of over 2,000 meters! Chimborazo is the furthest peak from the center of the ...
Why Earth might have 25-hour days in the future
Houston Chronicle· 5 days agoYou might think the Moon is Earth's most constant companion, always appearing in the night sky. Scientists have discovered that our only natural...
Summer season starts as the summer solstice of 2024 arrives
NJ.com· 19 hours agoTimed almost perfectly for what’s expected to be our first heat wave of the year, the official start...
David Shribman: We need a hero
The Marshall News Messenger· 23 hours agoThen, just a few days ago, William Anders, the Apollo 8 astronaut remembered for snapping the “Earthrise” photograph in 1968, died. Only a third of those who left their footprints on the < ...
* Inescapable Conclusion: USC Researchers Prove Earth’s Core Is Losing Speed
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoUSC scientists have discovered that the Earth’s inner core is slowing down relative to the planet’s...
Earth's core is slowing down—and it may change day's length
Newsweek· 3 days agoCompared to the speed of the Earth's surface, the inner core was previously thought to rotate...
An interstellar cloud may have caused an ice age on Earth. Here's how
SPACE.com· 6 days agoScientists believe Earth may have briefly lost protection from the sun around two million years ago,...
Humans emerged thanks to Earth colliding with cold clouds, study suggests
Daily Telegraph· 7 days agoEarth passed through a giant interstellar cloud two million years ago which cooled the planet and...
Double Moon Mystery: NASA’s Lucy Unravels Dinky’s Secret
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoNASA's Lucy spacecraft discovered that the asteroid Dinkinesh, also known as "Dinky," is orbited by...
