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Earth’s Rotation and Translation: Why Don’t We Feel the Motion or Fall Off?
The Earth rotates at about 1,670 kilometers per hour at the equator, yet we experience no sense of motion. But how is this ...
Earth Is Spinning Faster and Days Are Getting Shorter, for Now
The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...
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Did you feel it? Earth just had one of its shortest days ever and 2 more are coming
As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon.
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Earth Is Spinning Faster Than Usual. Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
Atomic clocks — among the most precise instruments humans have ever built — have been keeping track of Earth’s spin since the ...
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Why Will Earth Spin Faster On July 9? This Makes The Shortest Day In Recorded History
Earth is set to break records with July 9 marking the shortest day ever recorded, shaving off 1.3–1.5 milliseconds due to ...
Earth is spinning so fast that today will be shorter – but is time going faster?
Clock time is also getting shorter, kind of. Broadly speaking, Earth takes roughly 24 hours to spin around on its axis. Ocean ...
Moon's Position Is Making Earth Spin Faster: July 9 To Be The Shortest Day Ever
The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reports that Earth is currently spinning faster, ...
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Blink and you’ll miss it
Well according to astronomers, last night was a few milliseconds 1.3 ms shorter to be precise and there are more days this ...