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Earth's Day Lengthens By Two Milliseconds a Century, Astronomers Find


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Changes in the world's sea levels and electromagnetic forces between Earth's core and its rocky mantle also have effects on Earth's spin.

Credit: VIIRS/Suomi NPP/NASA

There may never be enough hours in the day to get everything done, but at least the forces of nature are conspiring to help out.

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