Recently, researchers studying InSight data discovered that Mars’s rotation is speeding up. Granted, the effect is small—the rate of spin is only increasing by about 4 milliarcseconds per year²—but Martian days are definitely getting shorter. The team published the details of this finding in the journal Nature. https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a44766085/why-is-mars-spinning-faster/
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