A billion years ago, days lasted 19 hours: the balance between the oceans, the atmosphere, and the Moon slowed down the Earth ...
The length of a day on Earth may not be as fixed as we once believed. For centuries, we’ve lived by the 24-hour cycle, but recent research reveals that the planet’s rotation is gradually slowing down, ...
Since 2020, Earth has been rotating unusually fast on its axis, leading scientists to consider whether we should correct for the shorter days. Reading time 3 minutes The Earth has been spinning ...