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

July 9 was predicted to have a shorter "length of day" than usual due to an increase in Earth's rotation speed. See which ...

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

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

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond during the long days of summer.

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 ...

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

Earth's rotation is subtly accelerating, and scientists are intently tracking the trend. Usually, our planet takes 24 hours, or 86,400 seconds, to finish one complete spin. However, on July 9, 2025, ...

According to Time and Date, a website that tracks time and time zones, the current record holder for the shortest day on ...