{
  "id": 16597917,
  "title": "A 2,700-year-old solar eclipse just revealed something surprising about Earth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/a-2-700-year-old-solar-eclipse-just-revealed-something-surprising",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-26T11:06:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261025073055.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A solar eclipse recorded more than 2,700 years ago is revealing surprising secrets about Earth's rotation and the Sun's ancient behavior. By correcting an eight-kilometer error in the location of an ancient Chinese capital, scientists were able to reconstruct a total solar eclipse that occurred in 709 BCE and obtain more accurate measurements of how fast Earth was spinning at the time.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}