Time has really gotten faster! Scientists confirm: 1 day is now less than 24 hours

The Earth is spinning at its fastest rate in 50 years, making our days actually shorter than 24 hours.

British media “Daily Star” (Daily Star) reported that scientists found that the Earth is rotating at the fastest speed in 50 years, making our day actually shorter than 24 hours.

Scientists debated whether the Earth’s official timer, the Atomic clock, should remove one second to keep the passage of time in line with the Earth’s rotation speed, and the exact method is to adjust the “leap second” on the Atomic clock (leap second). If the Earth’s rotation is longer than 24 hours, the positive leap second is increased and the negative leap second is decreased.

Since 1970, the Earth’s rotation time has been slightly longer than 24 hours, with a total of 27 positive leap seconds added over the decades.

The Earth’s rotation time on this day, July 19, 2020, is 1.4602 milliseconds shorter than the full 24 hours, the shortest day on record. In the past 12 months, the Earth’s rotation time has been shorter than 24 hours 28 times.

Peter Whibberley, a senior research scientist at the National Physical Laboratory, confirmed that the Earth is currently rotating at its fastest rate in 50 years. But he believes “it may be too early to discuss negative leap seconds.