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Earth's Accelerating Spin To Shorten Two More Days

When the moon is positioned farther from Earth's equator and closer to the poles, its pull on the planet becomes weaker. With less resistance, Earth is able to spin a bit faster, which makes the day slightly shorter than usual.

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Is Earth’s rotation speeding up? Why this July day may be shortest so far in 2025

Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, starting Wednesday, July 9.

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Earth’s rotation will speed up for 3 days this summer. Here’s what that means

Aren’t the summer days supposed to be longer and the winter days shorter? Since when have things gone in reverse for the summertime? Since now, maybe? Starting today? Okay, here’s what’s going on. Planet Earth is set to spin a bit faster on three separate days this summer,

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Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES)-2025 Released

NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) announces the release of its annual omnibus solicitation for basic and applied ...

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Earth’s Rotation Is Speeding Up This Summer. Here’s Why

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

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NASA astronaut captures rare phenomenon from 250 miles above Earth: See photo of 'sprite'

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare atmospheric phenomenon over the US and Mexico known as a "sprite" that's ...

NASA confirms it and it may be the discovery of our time: a huge water reservoir found millions of light years from Earth

NASA astronomers have confirmed what may be the greatest discovery of the era. They found a significant reservoir of water that was hidden in the cosmos, and that surrounds a quasa ...

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NASA's asteroid-crash Earth defense tactic has a complication — DART ejected large boulders into space

Twenty years ago, when NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft was deliberately sent to collide with comet 9P/Tempel, it hit a relatively smooth surface, which was reflected in a smooth and continuous ejecta ...

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Nasa suffers major setback in plan to stop apocalyptic asteroids smashing into Earth

Nasa has suffered a major set back in a plan to stop apocalyptic asteroids from smashing into Earth. Astronomers believe ...

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Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater is much younger than previously thought – new study

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...

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Trump names Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as interim NASA administrator

It will likely be 2026 before a permanent administrator is confirmed to lead the space agency. NASA is under new management after an announcement from President Trump late Wednesday evening named ...

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What is ‘Solar maximum’ and how will it impact Earth in 2025? Here’s what NASA says

Higher solar activity brings more radiation, which can damage satellite electronics and force some satellites to deorbit ...

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New interstellar comet will keep a safe distance from Earth, NASA says

NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. Luckily, it won't get near enough to be a threat ...

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'We are proud to serve our country, both on Earth and in space': NASA astronauts beam home July 4 message from ISS (video)

NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim and Anne McClain marked Independence Day with a few heartfelt words for their ...

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