a sister site of Live Science. Earth and most of the other planets — including Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune — also spin counterclockwise, but there are some exceptions.

Various incredible natural phenomena exist across Earth's surface. Rare and unexpected natural wonders occasionally become ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

With an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,760 kilometers), our planet Earth is the biggest of the terrestrial planets and the fifth largest planet in our solar system. It is the only planet in the ...

Earth’s core is pretty dynamic. Its spin speeds up and slows down based on how its two primary layers are behaving. As we improve the waveform techniques used to study the deepest layer ...