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Is Earth Spinning Faster? How Ancient Solar Eclipses Are Shedding New Light On Earth’s Rotation

Jessica Oct 22, 2022 0

Japanese researchers investigated ancient texts from the 4th to 7th centuries CE to identify five ... total solar eclipses near the Eastern Mediterranean. Universal Images Group via…
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Do We Need The First-Ever ‘Drop-Second?’ A New ‘Wobble’ By Earth Caused The Shortest Day Since…

Jessica Aug 3, 2022 0

"Rapidly spinning globe. Symbolic of time passing, travel and other metaphors of space and time." getty Earth is suddenly spinning faster than since records begun…
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Earth Is Suddenly Spinning Faster. Why Our Planet Just Recorded Its Shortest Day Since Records Began

Jessica Jul 29, 2022 0

On June 29, 2022 our planet set a new record for its shortest day. getty What did you do with the extra 1.59 milliseconds on Wednesday, June 29, 2022? As reported…
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