Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earth is spinning faster this summer, leading astronomers to notice that some days have clocked in at slightly less than the ...

Polar ice melt driven by climate change is affecting Earth's rotation, according to new research. We may have to adjust timekeeping by "skipping" a second in 2029. A human-driven change in the Earth's ...

Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second. For the first time in history, world timekeepers ...

Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second. For the first time in history, world timekeepers ...

Recently, Earth’s rotation has been speeding up, shortening days by milliseconds. While this change is minor, scientists are exploring its potential consequences. As highlighted by New Scientist, a ...

Discover how the Earth started spinning, the impact of the Theia collision, and how the Moon's gravity is gradually slowing ...

(AP) — Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second. For the first time in history, world ...

Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers. July 10 was the shortest day of the year so far, lasting 1.36 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (AP) — Earth’s changing spin is threatening ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy ...