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No, you aren't imagining it. NASA has confirmed that the days are indeed getting shorter, as our planet spins faster than ever before.
Scientists find Uranus radiates more heat than once believed, reshaping our understanding of giant planets and guiding NASA’s next mission.
On average, from the point of view of the sun, the Earth completes one full rotation around its axis every 24 hours or 86,400 seconds, give or take a few milliseconds. A millisecond (ms) is 0.001 of a ...
Those observations, and others in the days since, helped to figure out the object’s orbit and confirm its interstellar ... It ...
On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth completed its rotation approximately 1.3 to 1.6 milliseconds faster than ...
Wolves, strawberries and sturgeon may not seem connected at first glance, but each one represents a specific full moon tied ...
But in recent years, scientists have reported variations in Earth’s rotation. In 2020, they found that Earth was spinning ...
Discover when the next full moon will rise in July 2025, why it's called the Hungry Ghost Moon, and what celestial events to watch for.
Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, starting Wednesday, July 9.
Due to the way Earth's rotation is measured, Wednesday, July 9 will technically lose time. Here's why you most likely won't notice.
During the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice, the upper half of the earth is tilted toward the sun, creating the longest day and shortest night of the year. This solstice falls between June 20 and ...