In 2021 the Earth is forecasted to spin faster making astronomical days shorter
Full article Earth broke the record 28 times in 2020, and it's still spinning faster. While Earth is, on average, pretty reliable it takes 86,400 seconds to rotate around its axis In 2020, the Earth broke the previous record for shortest astronomical day, set in 2005. In effect the Earth broke the record 28 times in 2020, and it's still spinning faster. While Earth is, on average, pretty reliable and takes 86,400 seconds to rotate around its axis, this is not perfect. ”When highly accurate atomic clocks were developed in the 1960s, they sh...