Earth’s rotation is no longer matching the tidy 24-hour day that our technology assumes. Since 2020, each day has been shorter by roughly 1.5 milliseconds, a tiny sliver of time that is now large ...

Scientists announced Monday that Earth is rotating slightly faster than normal, resulting in what is expected to become the second-shortest day ever recorded since precise atomic timekeeping began.

It wouldn’t be summer without the stretched out days. The dawns break early and the dusks come late, affording more time for lazy beach trips and long barbecues under the slow curve of the sun. But ...

Did you feel like today passed quicker than usual? Scientists have a fascinating reason why. Earth’s rotation just sped up—enough to make the day a full millisecond shorter. From the moon’s pull to ...

While the shortest day of the year typically falls in winter, summer will have its fair share of abnormally short days this year. According to TimeandDate, Earth will spin unusually fast in July and ...

Earth will complete its daily rotation between 1.25 and 1.51 milliseconds faster than usual, and scientists aren't quite sure why. Joe is a freelance journalist. It all started with a long-running ...

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond during the long days of summer. By Jacey Fortin This article was updated ...