Find out what’s speeding up Earth’s rotation and why it may force timekeepers to delete a second ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earth is spinning faster this summer, leading astronomers to notice that some days have clocked in at slightly less than the ...

"The current rapid rise in day length can thus be attributed primarily to human influences," said professor Benedikt Soja.

Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also ...