The Earth is picking up speed, and it’s forcing scientists and timekeepers to consider an unprecedented move. According to ...

Since 2020, Earth has been rotating unusually fast on its axis, leading scientists to consider whether we should correct for the shorter days.

Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and ...

Two days this summer have been unusually short, with the shortest expected on Aug. 5, leading global timekeepers to consider ...

July 2025 will be one of the shortest days on record as the Earth will complete its full rotation in slightly less time than ...

Earth has been spinning faster for the past few years — a trend that could lead the world’s timekeeping institutions to take ...

But with atomic clocks tracking the Earth’s rotational speed so closely that once every year and a half or so, the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (yes, there is such a ...

When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...

This isn't the first time this sort of phenomenon has happened. The same thing occurred on July 9, and it's set to happen ...

July 22 will be the second-shortest day of the year, as Earth completes a full rotation in less time than usual.

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

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