The science behind why the Earth will spin just a little bit faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, this year.

Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, ...

Earth is set to experience unusually short days in July and August 2025. The Moon's orbital position is subtly accelerating ...

Scientists expect a specific day in July to be the shortest day of 2025 so far, running just over a millisecond faster than ...

Planet Earth will spin a little faster on three separate days this summer, starting on July 9. This will technically result ...

Thanks to atomic clocks (and all the worldly forces that influence them), scientists know that Earth's rotation has begun to ...

Planet Earth will spin a little faster on three separate days this summer, starting today. This will technically result in shorter days, but the change will be so minuscule you won’t even notice.

July 9 will be one of the shortest days ever, as Earth is spinning faster and scientists are still working to understand why.

Atomic clocks — among the most precise instruments humans have ever built — have been keeping track of Earth’s spin since the ...

The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reports that Earth is currently spinning faster, ...

While that tiny time difference is imperceptible to humans, it represents part of a broader pattern that has left scientists ...

A leap second is a one-second modification that is sometimes used with atomic clocks, whenever there is a change in Earth's ...