Tag: Earth

• Friday, January 15th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  In 2021 the Earth is forecasted to spin faster making astronomical days shorter

  

  In 2020, the Earth broke the previous record for shortest astronomical day, set in 2005. In effect the Earth broke the record 28 times in 2020, and it's still spinning faster. While Earth is, on average, pretty reliable and takes 86,400 seconds to rotate around its axis, this is not perfect.

• Friday, July 24th 2020 - 08:22 UTC

  Record drop in human linked seismic vibrations, helps to better listen to Earth's natural signals

  

  COVID-19 lockdowns worldwide led to the longest and most pronounced reduction in human-linked seismic vibrations ever recorded, sharpening scientists' ability to hear earth's natural signals and detect earthquakes, a study found on Thursday. Vibrations travel through the earth like waves, creating seismic noise from earthquakes, volcanoes, wind and rivers as well as human actions such as travel and industry.

• Wednesday, January 15th 2020 - 09:11 UTC

  Australia fires’ smoke expected to circle the world, NASA satellites confirm

  

  The vast clouds of smoke from Australia's historic bush fires are expected to circle the Earth and return to the country, Nasa says. The US agency said satellites have been monitoring the movement of the smoke high in the atmosphere as it swirled east towards South America and beyond.

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  “City-killer asteroid” zoomed past the Earth with little previous detection

  

  A large asteroid barely known to science zoomed past the Earth on Thursday, speeding by within 73,000km of the planet. That might sound far but it's about a fifth of the distance to the Moon, scientists said, and a pretty close call.

• Saturday, January 19th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Argentina/China companies link up to launch satellites for an Earth-observation constellation

  

  An international space venture called Satellogic says it will have 90 satellites launched by a Chinese company to create an Earth-observing constellation. The first launch by the China Great Wall Industry Corp. under the newly announced deal, scheduled for later this year, will deliver 13 satellites to low Earth orbit on China’s Long March 6 rocket, Satellogic announced in a news release.

• Friday, December 28th 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  Sir David Attenborough still has hope for the future of the planet

  

  Sir David Attenborough says he still has “hope” for the future of the planet. But the Blue Planet and Dynasties narrator says that human beings have to turn their gaze away from themselves.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  NASA scientists solve mysteries of the Earth's rotation wobbling

  

  Using satellite data on how water moves around Earth, NASA scientists have solved two mysteries about wobbles in the planet's rotation - one new and one more than a century old. The research may help improve our knowledge of past and future climate.