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

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

On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth ...

As for when this three-day event will happen, there are three days this summer when the moon will be around its furthest ...

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

Earth is expected to spin faster than usual in the upcoming weeks, leading to slightly shorter days, scientists report, ...

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

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

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

Historically, Earth's rotation has been slowing down over millions of years. Around 1 to 2 billion years ago, a day lasted ...

In an unexpected twist, Earth's spin is set to accelerate in July and August, leading to the shortest days on record - with ...