Earth just had a freakishly short day
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On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth completed its rotation approximately 1.3 to 1.6 milliseconds faster than the standard 24-hour period. Moreover, this is expected to happen again on July 22 and August 5 this year.
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Live Science on MSNEchoes from the Big Bang suggest Earth is trapped inside a giant cosmic void, scientists claimAstronomers claim to have found new evidence supporting a controversial observation that our galaxy is residing in an unusually sparse region in space. If it's correct, it could rewrite cosmology.
Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread. Unraveling Earth's 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business.
Normally, younger rocks are deposited above older ones, forming predictable geologic layers. In the North Sea, this process is a bit more complicated.
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The deal would see the Defense Department take a 15% stake in MP Materials and spend billions of dollars investing in the company and purchasing its output.
Colossal volcanic eruptions like the kind that may have obliterated the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago are caused by mantle plumes that rise from shifting underground mountains deep within the Earth's mantle,
LGND has raised $9 million to convert geographic data into vector embeddings to power AI models that understand the Earth.
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Live Science on MSNDams around the world hold so much water they've shifted Earth's poles, new research showsDam construction since 1835 has caused Earth's poles to "wander" away from the planet's rotational axis because of the massive weight of water reservoirs.