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Earth's Rotation Sped Up on July 9—and We're Not Sure Exactly Why

On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth completed its rotation approximately 1.3 to 1.6 milliseconds faster than the standard 24-hour period. Moreover, this is expected to happen again on July 22 and August 5 this year.

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Earth’s Rotation Is Speeding Up This Summer. Here’s Why

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

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Is Earth’s rotation speeding up? Why this July day may be shortest so far in 2025

Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, starting Wednesday, July 9.

Earth will spin faster than normal on Wednesday, but blink and you'll miss it

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

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A spinning universe could crack the mysteries of dark energy and our place in the multiverse

Evidence that the universe is rotating was recently delivered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which found that ...

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Earth's rotating inner core is starting to slow down - Live Science

A new study confirms that Earth's inner core has been rotating more slowly than usual since 2010. This mysterious "backtracking" could also end up slightly altering the planet's overall rotation ...

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Earth's speeding rotation will shorten the day on July 9

Since then, Earth has broken that record every year by roughly half a millisecond. The shortest day on record was July 5, 2024, when Earth completed its rotation 1.66 milliseconds faster than ...

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