A wonderfully smooth and confusing Christmas Day breaking Dawn It was the result of the ‘rainstorm’ observed over the Arctic in 2022 electrons directly Sunsay researchers based in Japan and the US. This is the first time a rare aurora of this type has been seen from the ground, at a time when the winds… Read More »
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.com. Why do some planets have moons and some don’t? – Siddharth, 6 years old, Texas On Earth, you can look up at night and see the Moon shining from hundreds… Read More »
One day in the next few years, everyone in the world will lose a second of their time. Exactly when this will happen is influenced by people, according to a new study; because melting polar ice changes the rotation of the Earth and changes time. The hours and minutes that determine our days are determined… Read More »
Global warming has slowed the Earth’s rotation slightly, and this may affect how we measure time. A study published Wednesday found that melting polar ice — an accelerating trend driven primarily by human-caused climate change — is causing the Earth to spin less quickly than it normally does. The study’s author, Duncan Agnew, a geophysicist… Read More »