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Earth is spinning faster than usual, with July 22 set to be one of the shortest days ever, just 1.34 milliseconds shy of a full 24 hours.
The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond during the long days of summer.
Every year, volunteers from Brooke Chapman’s Daycare Center in South Canaan walk down the day care road and clean up all the trash together. This year, their friends from K-9 Freedom joined t… ...
July 22 is one of the shortest days in history due to Earth spinning faster. The shortest day in history is coming up next month.
Is Earth’s rotation speeding up? Why today, July 22, may be another of 2025's shortest days Experts say Tuesday, July 22, could end up being the shortest day of all of 2025.
This summer has seen the shortest days in Earth’s recorded history Scientists break down the reasons why days are getting shorter—and the mystery they're still trying to solve about Earth's core.
Earth may be safe from an impact by the asteroid 2024 YR4, but it still has a chance of striking the moon. This lunar impact could pose a risk to space tech and astronauts.
Throughout the month of April, Nielsen employees celebrated Global Volunteer Month with volunteering and environmental activities, culminating with our twelfth annual Earth Day call-to-action on April ...
The Earth is spinning at its fastest rate since records began, and astronomers predict that 5 August will be one of the shortest days ever measured.
By Felix Richter of Statistia July 24 marks this year's Earth Overshoot Day, the day that humanity’s demand for ecological resources exceeds the resources Earth can regenerate within that year ...
NASA mission launches revolutionary Earth-observing satellite NISAR, designed to observe and measure changes on our planet's surface.
Here’s a few ways that fintech industry participants can and are attempting to postpone Earth Overshoot Day.