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The Earth rotates at about 1,670 kilometers per hour at the equator, yet we experience no sense of motion. But how is this ...
As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon.
The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...
Atomic clocks — among the most precise instruments humans have ever built — have been keeping track of Earth’s spin since the ...
Earth is set to break records with July 9 marking the shortest day ever recorded, shaving off 1.3–1.5 milliseconds due to ...
Clock time is also getting shorter, kind of. Broadly speaking, Earth takes roughly 24 hours to spin around on its axis. Ocean ...