Would you guess that the Earth is spinning at 1,000 mph around its axis and at the same time hurtling through space on its ...

As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon. On July 9, 2025, Earth spun a little faster than usual, enough to make the ...

If you haven’t accomplished as much this summer as you had hoped to, you can blame forces far beyond your control: a few of these dog days, by one measure, are among the shortest you’ve ever lived ...

Our planet has been rotating at its fastest since records began in 1973. Earth will complete a full rotation in slightly less time than usual today (July 22), making it one of the shortest days ever ...

On those three days, just over a millisecond is expected to be shaved off the standard 24-hour day. Of course, you're unlikely to notice such a miniscule difference in your day. But scientists who ...

Earth is spinning so fast that global timekeepers are considering something that's never been done before: adding a negative leap second. So far this year, July 9 and July 22 have been unusually short ...

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 ...

Earlier this month, the Earth spun just a bit faster than usual on July 9 and is expected to do so again on July 22 and Aug. 5, according to the website TimeAndDate. Over a millisecond was reportedly ...