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Why July 9, 2025 is one of the shortest days in recorded history
NBC Newsยท 2025-07-10 03:01
[Music] If you feel like time is just flying by today, you're not imagining things. Today, Wednesday, July 9th, is actually going to be shorter, according to scientists who track the rotation of our world. About 1 millisecond shorter.All because the Earth is going to be rotating ever so slightly faster. with the moon and the sun as they change distance to the earth they change the shape of the earth and that spins the earth makes it spin faster or slower. Let's take a step back.Normally it takes 24 hours or ...