Not 24 But We Will Soon Have 25 Hours In A Single Day And The Reason Is Shocking!

All the rumours of our days getting bigger, in terms of hours, could stand true and we may soon get to see 25 hours in a day. Scientists are expecting Earth's rotation to keep slowing. Now, the changes

are pretty slow, to the extent that they almost go unnoticed in our daily lives. Our days feel wrapped up around the 24 hours format because we have shaped things in that direction. Everything around us working in 24 hours cycle. However, coming to the changes, if Earth's rotation is measured against distant stars instead of the Sun, the result is a shorter unit dubbed the sidereal day. The difference arises because Earth is not only spinning but also moving in its orbit. Now, to bring the Sun back to the same point, the planets must rotate at a slightly different pace and angle.Keeping that in mind, we can say that the solar day shifts by small amounts almost every day. And with a lot of changes like this, we can say that the days get longer in the end. Furthermore, the moon also plays an important roll in the change as its gravity pulls on oceans, creating tides as the planet rotates. According to NASA, the friction caused due to tides drains a small amount of rotational energy from Earth. And over time, the planet starts spinning slowly.

What's More To The Story?

As of now, scientists at NASA have found that changes that happen on the surface of Earth also make an impact. The data of 120 years shows that events like falling groundwater levels, melting ice, rising seas, and shrinking glaciers all change the dynamics of the mass distributed on the planet. Coming to the process of monitoring these changes, previously, researchers tracked polar motion by observing the movement of stars. Nowadays, the techniques are pretty advanced, like analysing radio signals from distant quasars, firing lasers at satellites, and more.