New research has uncovered that the construction of water dams has shifted Earth's poles in subtle but important ways.

New research suggests that the thousands of dams built over the past two centuries have caused the Earth's poles to drift ...

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

The banks of the Dead Sea are the lowest point on dry land but not the deepest point on Earth's surface. That distinction ...

On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth ...

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...

July 9 was unusually short thanks to changes in how fast the Earth is spinning. But two other days this summer are expected ...

When the moon is positioned farther from Earth's equator and closer to the poles, its pull on the planet becomes weaker. With ...

Since Edward Burtynsky’s birth in Ontario, Canada, in 1955, the Earth’s population has roughly tripled, and its economy has ...

Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.