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

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

While its rotation had been steadily declining, the Earth reversed the trend in 2020, beating 60-year-old records for the shortest days 28 times. Another culprit could be powerful earthquakes knocking ...

Most people think a day on Earth is just the time it takes for the planet to make one full rotation on its axis, but that’s ...

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 ...

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 distance from Earth’s equator, resulting in the slight increase in Earth’s ...

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

Tuesday, July 22, is expected to be the second of three days in 2025 where more than a millisecond could be shaved off the ...

Earth's rotation is expected to speed up in July and August this year, resulting in shorter days. Specifically, July 9, July ...

But Earth has a massive Moon, which pulls on Earth’s spin axis and drives it to precess faster. This slightly faster precession prevents it from experiencing spin orbit resonances.

Melting ice is slowing Earth's spin and causing changes to its axis, new studies find. The shifts are causing feedback beneath the surface, impacting the planet's molten core.