cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3184736

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11 a.m. – News conference with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA climate experts, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on the latest climate data findings

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1:50 p.m. – ISS Expedition 69 in-flight educational event for Odyssey Academy in Galveston, Texas with NASA flight engineers Frank Rubio and Steve Bowen

3:30 p.m. – NASA Science Live discusses the summer of record-breaking temperatures

NASA Live

All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time, which equates to UTC-4.

NEXT LIVE EVENTS

Monday, August 14

11 a.m. – News conference with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA climate experts, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on the latest climate data findings

12:10 p.m. – ISS Expedition 69 in-flight educational event for Kingfisher High School in Kingfisher, Oklahoma with NASA flight engineers Frank Rubio and Steve Bowen

1:50 p.m. – ISS Expedition 69 in-flight educational event for Odyssey Academy in Galveston, Texas with NASA flight engineers Frank Rubio and Steve Bowen

3:30 p.m. – NASA Science Live discusses the summer of record-breaking temperatures

Astronomers determined that the planet’s spin is increasing by about 4 milliarcseconds per year², or shortening the length of a Martian day by a fraction of a millisecond per year. A Martian day lasts about 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth.

The increased acceleration seems incredibly small, and researchers aren’t quite sure what is causing it. However, they suggest it might be due to ice accumulation at the Martian poles or the rise of landmasses after being covered in ice. When a planet’s mass shifts in this way, it can cause the planet’s spin to accelerate.