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Earth is whipping around quicker than it has in a half-century

Submit on Thursday, January 7th, 2021 17:00

Thanks to a speed-up of Earth’s rotation, the length of the astronomical day and the length of the clock day aren’t quite matching up. Eventually, international timekeepers may need to subtract a second.

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