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

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

As for when this three-day event will happen, there are three days this summer when the moon will be around its furthest ...

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

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

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 ...

Planet Earth will spin a little faster on three separate days this summer, starting on July 9. This will technically result ...

The speed of Earth’s rotation on its axis is increasing. The result of the increasing speed of Earth’s rotation has come in ...

Our planet is going to spin a little faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, thanks to the moon’s distance from the equator.

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 ...