{"id":12178,"date":"2022-08-01T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=12178"},"modified":"2022-08-07T11:18:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T18:18:48","slug":"fasten-your-earthbelts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2022\/08\/01\/fasten-your-earthbelts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fasten Your Earthbelts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/5903038\/earth-shortest-day-spinning-fast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from The U.S. Sun<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HONEY I SHRUNK THE DAY\u00a0Earth records \u2018shortest day EVER\u2019 after scientists reveal planet \u2018spinning faster\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/author\/sean-keach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sean Keach<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Scientists concerned as Earth &#039;spins faster than usual&#039;\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9RIOQs7lhDc?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>EARTH has recorded its shortest day since records began \u2013 but did you even notice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A faster spin meant that Earth&#8217;s usual 24-hour rotation was 1.59 milliseconds shorter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fast-paced spin occurred on June 29, creating a headache for time-watchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s because\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/lifestyle\/tech-old\/520310\/days-were-half-an-hour-shorter-when-dinosaurs-roamed-the-earth-study-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Earth&#8217;s rotation<\/a>\u00a0is usually slowing down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact we&#8217;ve had to add 27 &#8220;leap seconds&#8221; in the last 50 years to keep global clocks in check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clocks paused most recently in 2016 to account for this strange astronomical effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now Earth&#8217;s spin appears to be speeding up and scientists aren&#8217;t exactly sure why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually days get longer \u2013 albeit only very slightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/5903038\/earth-shortest-day-spinning-fast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at The U.S. Sun<\/a> ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/5903038\/earth-shortest-day-spinning-fast\/#\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The U.S. Sun HONEY I SHRUNK THE DAY\u00a0Earth records \u2018shortest day EVER\u2019 after scientists reveal planet \u2018spinning faster\u2019 by Sean Keach EARTH has recorded its shortest day since records began \u2013 but did you even notice? A faster spin meant that Earth&#8217;s usual 24-hour rotation was 1.59 milliseconds shorter. The fast-paced spin occurred on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weirdness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}