Where does the time go? For once, we know for sure — sort of.
If tomorrow, July 9, feels even shorter than your average day filled with too much to do, there’s a scientific phenomenon that’s to blame, scientists say.
This summer, Earth is suddenly spinning faster as a result of the moon’s position, the experts explain.
Where does the time go? For once, we know for sure — sort of.
If tomorrow, July 9, feels even shorter than your average day filled with too much to do, there’s a scientific phenomenon that’s to blame, scientists say.
This summer, Earth is suddenly spinning faster as a result of the moon’s position, the experts explain.
The celestial speed-up will knock anywhere from 1.3 to 1.6 milliseconds off the typical 24 hours on Wednesday, resulting in the shortest day in recorded history.
Our big blue ball’s rotation process is a sensitive business, turns out.
Phenomena ranging from seasonal changes to natural disasters can have a surprising impact on speed.
“This is an unprecedented situation and a big deal,” Duncan Agnew, a geophysicist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, previously stated.
“It’s not a huge change in the Earth’s rotation that’s going to lead to some catastrophe or anything, but it is something notable,” he added.
