Posts about: Days on Earth

Days on Earth have mysteriously gotten longer, and scientists don't (yet) know why

Days on Earth have mysteriously gotten longer, and scientists don’t (yet) know why

Atomic clocks combined with precise astronomical measurements have recently revealed that the length of a day on Earth is suddenly getting longer . This phenomenon has critical implications not only for our measurement of time, but also for things like GPS and other technologies that govern our modern lives. In recent decades, the rotation of […]…