Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is nearly ready to launch into outer space

After over a decade in development, Virgin Galactic, a private space travel service founded by billionaire Richard Branson, is nearly ready to enter orbit.

The earth's rotation is slowing - and days will eventually be 25 hours long

After a review of celestial data spanning 27 centuries, a team of astronomers has determined that Earth’s orbit slows almost two milliseconds every 100 years.

Study: Earth shares its orbit with tiny asteroid

(AP) -- Like a poodle on a leash, a tiny asteroid runs ahead of Earth on the planet