The International Rotation and Reference Systems Service found that July 9, July 22, and August 5 will be victims of the time ...

The rotations of the Earth have increased in speed since 2020, and as it spins faster than ever, the shortest day recorded ...

Earth's rotation is currently speeding up, leading to slightly shorter days, a trend that began around 2020. Scientists ...

However, the atomic clock continues to race ahead, so at least once every 10 years scientists add an extra second to the UTC to keep them closer together. It's particularly important for things ...

Finally, the Earth moves a little bit beyond one complete revolution, so the stick again points towards the sun for a second ...

Clock dials and clock-hand rotation were standardized in Western Europe by the end of the 17th century, but “clockwise” (rotating to the right) and “counterclockwise” didn’t appear until ...