Tuesday was one of the shortest days on record. An astronomer explains why - You won’t notice the sunrise arrive 1.33 ...

TPU researchers, together with their colleagues from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, have developed a model that ...

You won’t notice the sunrise arrive 1.33 milliseconds sooner, but to precision atomic clocks, it will be obvious ...

Astronomers have stumbled upon an incredible cosmic chain reaction: a young star launched a high-speed jet that ignited an ...

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In fact, only three factors can be used to define a black hole: its mass, its angular momentum and its electric charge. In ...

It seems obvious, then, that, cosmically speaking, everything spins—but this basic fact becomes downright bizarre in the head ...

Today may feel like any other Tuesday but according to atomic clocks, August 5 could go down as one of the shortest days ever recorded- shaving approximately 1.34 milliseconds off the standard 24-hour ...

On August 5, 2025, Earth is expected to experience a slightly shorter day, approximately 1.34 milliseconds less than 24 hours ...

On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth ...