{"id":19354,"date":"2025-07-24T03:10:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T03:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/19354\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T03:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T03:10:06","slug":"why-are-we-about-to-have-one-of-the-shortest-days-ever-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/19354\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are we about to have one of the shortest days ever? &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxQSV9TZUwzUUk4ckJEVFVpdUdPeGFGX2p2blNOOF9UcEdfcHNWbWtRd3JqOWphLTRCek1vME1XTzdaZWNnd2tmdlZiaGRzNjNudXdvYjI0UHlMLVVhQ191VDF6aTg3QlZsWXN0bmtyOGQ5X0g1MjFfNkxxSU1ERjNnWVFVUXMzbGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why are we about to have one of the shortest days ever?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE00ck1hOUJCVlV2ZVBWTER1QXZmQVExNGtndUZNakVIMVlDTXBxSVg2SGE5SW1sMGFZcVVVMEVBZWN1Y0l2blB4LTBid2liaVlyVUQ3VDBlelJWR1FXVmZiOEhmNUxLSlpWeW9FWTFERk1yT0lGNWx0WDlubjRhZ9IBgwFBVV95cUxOeTJ4WF8yLXFBdWlodG04VjNwZjFObmxZME92OUtPRUpZZ1lQMFlFdXkxNUpPU3dwNUg0Ulp1eGZsOHZiRENYb1k4c1pSbXUzRFdPS2JTTHlwcVhoMGhLZWVhaFo0LXk5N29XRG51RW9qNFdadXNfcXp6ekkyVml4d0cxYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earth is spinning faster, leading timekeepers to consider an unprecedented move<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxPbXdSYnNsVDZXbmVYV0JuY2EtcEc1ZFpXdWVpcEtoc2t3cWNvUHBuUUhwNDZ2TzkzbnMyYlV2Rk1DN2YwTXVyUlRVR3FEQlpRNnJTUlVFelZoQnlVVGdLOExoVDZEMFl0Q212bjRrWEZYVDZkWUNHUmF3Z1ZYUi1oVktfNl9rNHZSRVIwTDF3UzhJWmRRYnVIcUp3MDlFVFN5dlN6cUNLblN5Q1NtWVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earth will spin faster on July 22 to create 2nd-shortest day in history<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Space<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxQU0pseVBLa29wZ1FkbVdyc1RCc3JpVU1sMWQxQmFsbXhqZ3NweVFLNC00YVFqV0ZCMnFBSXd5c3FMSVZvTHNJb05XazJrTmdnYnVXUElIUldULVNvWWx3VHZfVVRYZmxLckUyNk8teEhibVpZaWd2aTFLYWRXWElJZHo0SHU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This summer has seen the shortest days in Earth\u2019s recorded history<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;National Geographic<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxQNjNOQUFtX2FOQ1ZZc3FIdjFXTFMtSHhmT0tNY2FaTkd3SHlpNlVtX3ZjY2dvVjR2RzcwZzlXZGI4MXkxOGFkOHJMN2QzRGRmN01GbzRsVU16dHR3U0pNOHpwUDRRc0Z3YzlYUm12U29VMnRjRjVMWFBacnBLQnphTERmQkpEbWtudFM5aWR5bFZHcDDSAZgBQVVfeXFMTUVuTE0zX0JUblNTNGV4X2o2ZGpSNHdCUlRKWU91enVwdV9SdFdqMkhDMnJWVUU1Q2Q3MXVyc1Z1Rllsd29rbjZnLWNJN3VxMVNRWDVSMS1PaFBEU3BKNktCMFVjWVdPVzRGejF2ek9QT0VoWkZmVWZzZHFnNjMyRlZ6ZjFEMUtoWWNhNDlucXBJeDhpaVFkMVA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 22 will be the second-shortest day of the year, scientists say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why are we about to have one of the shortest days ever?&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentEarth is spinning faster, leading timekeepers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-19354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}