Imagine you are standing in your kitchen, coffee in hand, when without warning the entire planet lurches as if someone slammed on a cosmic brake. One moment, the world is quietly turning beneath your feet; the next, the Earth’s rotation simply… stops. It sounds like a plot from a disaster movie, but this thought ...
Have you ever wondered why we occasionally need to add leap seconds to our clocks? The answer lies in a cosmic dance that has been playing out for billions of years. The Moon, our celestial companion, is quietly stealing time from Earth’s rotation, making our days gradually longer. This isn’t some science fiction fantasy but ...
This summer, something strange is happening to our planet. It is spinning faster than normal, which means that some days are shorter by precious milliseconds. The Moon and Earth will be pulling on each other more strongly on July 9, July 22, and August 5, 2025. This will speed up the rotation of the Earth, ...
