Days can be up to 25 hours long

A day consists of exactly 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds, but study… Technical University of Munich (UTM) He suggested that We could have 25 hours a day in the future. The Earth's rotation has changed over the years and days can no longer be as we know them in Spain and in the rest of the world. This group of scholars has developed A study in which they explain that our planet will have 25 hours a day.

Predictions based on the analysis of the gradual slowdown in the planet's rotation, i.e. The movement of the Earth every 24 hours, responsible for the days and nights. As they explain, the Earth has seen its rotation slow down throughout its history (due to the influence of the Moon's gravity, tidal friction in the oceans, or atmospheric circulation).

Changes in the Earth's rotation

The land has come to be hers Days are only 19.5 hours long, roughly 2,000, 600 million years agoThis is due to the planet's rotation speed. Astrophysicist Norman Murray explains this in his article: “Why does a day last twenty-four hours?” The history of thermal tides in the atmosphere, its composition, and the average temperature of the Earth..

According to the latest study by the Technical University of Munich, days could now be up to 25 hours long. This conclusion was reached thanks to an extensive study conducted by A An “ultra-precise” laser instrument to measure the planet's rotation speed In the most accurate way possible.

The results obtained using this unprecedented laser indicate that… The Earth's rotation speed is gradually slowing down at a rate of approximately 1.7 milliseconds per century. This phenomenon may extend Earth days to 25 hours.

When will the number of hours in a day be 25 hours?

However, this phenomenon will not appear in the short term, as the study chronicled this historical change In a period of about 200 million years.