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Earth's accelerating spin to shorten 2 more days

Live Science · 1h

Earth just had a freakishly short day, but the fastest day of the year is yet to come

July 9 was unusually short thanks to changes in how fast the Earth is spinning. But two other days this summer are expected to be even shorter.

Space on MSN · 7h

Did you feel it? Earth just had one of its shortest days ever and 2 more are coming

As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon.

Newsweek on MSN · 3h

Earth's Accelerating Spin To Shorten Two More Days

When the moon is positioned farther from Earth's equator and closer to the poles, its pull on the planet becomes weaker. With less resistance, Earth is able to spin a bit faster, which makes the day slightly shorter than usual.

MP Materials, Rare-Earth

Forbes on MSN · 5h

U.S. Becomes Largest Shareholder In MP Materials—Rare Earth Miner—To Counter China

The Defense Department on Thursday became the largest shareholder in MP Materials, which owns the only rare earth mine in the U.S., amid a surge in demand for rare earths mined in the U.S. as China has curbed its rare earth exports amid a trade war with the U.S.

MarketWatch on MSN · 5h

MP Materials won a big rare-earth contract with Uncle Sam, and the stock rockets

Company’s stock rallies on U.S. support to build the 10X Facility as its second domestic magnet-manufacturing plant

Wall Street Journal · 11h

MP Materials Stock Surges After Rare-Earth Miner Strikes Pentagon Deal

Shares in MP Materials (MP) jumped after the company unveiled a partnership with the Defense Department to speed up the buildout of a rare-earth

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Earth's Rotation Sped Up on July 9—and We're Not Sure Exactly Why

On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth ...

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Earth's 'oldest' impact crater is much younger than previously thought

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

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2025 Pacing As Earth's Second Warmest Year Behind 2024, Report Says

A just-issued monthly report has found the first six months of 2025 are pacing just behind the record warm year of 2024. Here ...

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Scientists Found a Place Where the Earth’s Layers Are Upside Down

Normally, younger rocks are deposited above older ones, forming predictable geologic layers. In the North Sea, this process ...

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BLOBS on the move: Deep Earth structures may explain giant volcanic explosions

Colossal volcanic eruptions like the kind that may have obliterated the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago are caused ...

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Pentagon to Take Stake in Rare-Earth Company, Challenging China’s Control

The deal would see the Defense Department take a 15% stake in MP Materials and spend billions of dollars investing in the ...

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LGND wants to make ChatGPT for the Earth

LGND has raised $9 million to convert geographic data into vector embeddings to power AI models that understand the Earth.

Live Science on MSN1d

Dams around the world hold so much water they've shifted Earth's poles, new research shows

Dam construction since 1835 has caused Earth's poles to "wander" away from the planet's rotational axis because of the ...

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