Scientists have warned that this summer could include some of the shortest days of your entire life. On July 22 and August 5, experts predict the day will be 1.38 and 1.51 milliseconds shorter than ...

Polar ice melt driven by climate change is affecting Earth's rotation, according to new research. We may have to adjust timekeeping by "skipping" a second in 2029. A human-driven change in the Earth's ...

What happens if Earth stopped spinning for 5 seconds? Learn the catastrophic physical effects of halting our planet’s ...

Earth's changing spin is causing it to rotate slightly faster than before, which may lead to the subtraction a second from clocks around 2029. This phenomenon, while not catastrophic, is unprecedented ...

How many times have you said, “I wish the days were longer”? Well, NASA scientists say the construction of China’s Three ...

Scientists announced Monday that Earth is rotating slightly faster than normal, resulting in what is expected to become the second-shortest day ever recorded since precise atomic timekeeping began.

A strange shift in Earth's rotation is making our days milliseconds shorter — and scientists are racing to understand why. The days are getting shorter and not just because summer is waning in the ...

In the past month, Earth experienced some of its shortest days on record. The planet spun quickly enough to shave 1.4 milliseconds off of its usual 24-hour day. These natural accelerations in Earth’s ...

FILE - This image provided by NOAA/NASA In This May 31, 2018 satellite image shows the Earth's western hemisphere at 12:00 p.m. EDT on May 20, 2018, made by the new GOES-17 satellite, using the ...

A tiny shift in Earth’s spin could trigger a move timekeepers have never made before, and it might impact everything from satellites to global networks. The Earth is picking up speed, and it’s forcing ...

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