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Earth experienced a shorter day on July 22  KXAN Austin Earth is spinning faster, leading timekeepers to consider an unprecedented move  CNN Earth will spin faster on July 22 to create 2nd-shortest day in history  Space Hurry up! Scientists predict today will be (slightly) shorter than normal  NPR This summer has seen the shortest days in Earth’s recorded history  National Geographic Source link

NASA’s TRACERS mission blasted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday (July 23), after a 24-hour delay caused by airspace concerns. TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) is composed of twin satellites that will study how surges in the solar wind trigger magnetic reconnection in Earth‘s magnetosphere; such reconnection leads to charged particles being funneled down …

During the midday Friday prayer hours on March 28, 2025, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar along the Sagaing Fault. With an epicenter close to Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city, it was the most powerful earthquake to strike Myanmar in more than a century and the second deadliest in its modern history. The cause was a strike-slip fault, in …

This is a satellite image collected on Nov. 13, 2012, of the Maoniuping Mine, one of China’s largest rare earth elements mines, located near Mianning, Sichuan province, China. DigitalGlobe/Maxar via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption DigitalGlobe/Maxar via Getty Images Deep in an underground, World War II-era vault on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, investment manager Louis O’Connor guards his …

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two powerful communications satellites today (July 22), then aced its landing on a ship at sea. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 5:12 p.m. EDT (2112 GMT), carrying SES’ O3b mPOWER 9 and 10 satellites toward medium Earth orbit (MEO), about 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) above …

QUICK FACTS Where is it? Karakoram mountain range, Kashmir region, central Asia [35.50982304, 76.99307626] What’s in the photo? Three striated glaciers merging into a single ice mass Who took the photo? An unnamed astronaut on board the International Space Station When was it taken? Aug. 15, 2023 This intriguing astronaut photo shows a trio of “anomalous” ice masses merging in …

CNN  —  Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers. July 10 was the shortest day of the year so far, lasting 1.36 milliseconds less than 24 hours, according to data from the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service and the US Naval Observatory, compiled by timeanddate.com. More …

Discovery of newborn planet gives glimpse into formation of Earth  The TimesView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

On March 28, Myanmar was rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that claimed over 5,000 lives and caused damage even in neighboring countries. In a study published July 10 in The Seismic Record, seismologists confirmed previous research indicating that the southern part of the large earthquake’s rupture, or fracture, took place at astounding speeds of up to between 3.1 and …

In 2016, a remarkable discovery took place deep beneath the surface of a Canadian mine, where Professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar and her team uncovered the oldest water ever found on Earth. The water, located about three kilometers below ground, was found to be between 1.5 billion and 2.6 billion years old, offering a rare glimpse into the planet’s ancient past. …