Our planet has been rotating at its fastest since records began in 1973. Earth will complete a full rotation in slightly less ...

Scientists break down the reasons why days are getting shorter—and the mystery they're still trying to solve about Earth's ...

Earth’s rotation is speeding up. This summer, our planet will spin faster than usual, creating the shortest day since records ...

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

Earth is expected to experience slightly shorter days in the coming weeks as the planet spins faster due to the changing position of the moon, according to a report by Live Science.

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

As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon.

Earth is expected to complete a full rotation on July 9 in roughly 1.30 milliseconds less than the standard 86,400 seconds ...

FARGO — Our planet Earth is tilted. That is to say, its axis of daily rotation is tilted about 23 and a half degrees from its axis of revolution around the sun. It is this tilt that gives us ...

Ever since its formation around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth's rotation has been gradually slowing down, and its days have gotten progressively longer as a result. While Earth's slowdown is not ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Although the Earth completes one full rotation in 86,400 seconds on average, that spin fluctuates by a millisecond or two every day. Before ...