This summer a few factors are adding up to make a handful of Earth’s spins—those occurring on July 10, July 22 and August 5—more than a millisecond faster than the average of the past several decades.

Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and ...

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

Broadly speaking, Earth takes roughly 24 hours to spin around on its axis. Ocean tides, volcanic activity and earthquakes can ...

The speed of Earth's rotation on its axis is increasing. The result of the increasing speed of Earth's rotation has come in the form of a decrease in the daytime. Scientists say that it has now been ...

Tuesday, July 22, is expected to be the second of three days in 2025 where more than a millisecond could be shaved off the ...

THE average speed of rotation of the upper atmosphere can be determined by analysing small changes in the inclinations of satellite orbits to the equator. Previous studies1,2 have indicated that ...

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 ...

Scientists have also calculated three specific dates when Earth’s rotation will be the rapid: July 9, 2025 July 22, 2025 August 5, 2025 Also, so USA Today reported, on August 5th, a day may be ...

Each rotation takes 24 hours, or 86,400 seconds. The Earth has been experiencing many short days recently: in 2020, Earth experienced the 28 shortest days in recorded history.

“Earth has recorded its shortest day since scientists began using atomic clocks to measure its rotational speed,” TimeandDate reported. “On June 29, 2022, Earth completed one spin in 1.59 ...