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The Last Time The Clock Read 23:59:60 Was On December 31, 2016. It Will Not Happen Again This JuneThe time reading; 23:59:60.

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The Last Time The Clock Read 23:59:60 Was On December 31, 2016. It Will Not Happen Again This JuneThe time reading; 23:59:60.
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The Last Time The Clock Read 23:59:60 Was On December 31, 2016. It Will Not Happen Again This June

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Sugar Cube-Sized Atomic Clock Is The Smallest Ever To Be Mass Producedten drones are seen flying in formation in the dusky sky

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Sugar Cube-Sized Atomic Clock Is The Smallest Ever To Be Mass Producedten drones are seen flying in formation in the dusky sky
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Sugar Cube-Sized Atomic Clock Is The Smallest Ever To Be Mass Produced

clock-iconMarch 23, 2026

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"Time Is Not Broken": US Officials Work To Correct Time, After Discovering It Is 4.8 Microseconds OutNIST’s current primary frequency standard, a cesium fountain atomic clock.

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"Time Is Not Broken": US Officials Work To Correct Time, After Discovering It Is 4.8 Microseconds OutNIST’s current primary frequency standard, a cesium fountain atomic clock.
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"Time Is Not Broken": US Officials Work To Correct Time, After Discovering It Is 4.8 Microseconds Out

clock-iconDecember 23, 2025
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1972 Was The Longest Year In Modern History – Here's WhyDecember, 1972: Astronaut Eugene Cernan becomes the last person to walk on the Moon

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1972 Was The Longest Year In Modern History – Here's WhyDecember, 1972: Astronaut Eugene Cernan becomes the last person to walk on the Moon
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1972 Was The Longest Year In Modern History – Here's Why

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Are We About To Get The First-Ever Negative Leap Second?A group of clocks on a green wall.

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Are We About To Get The First-Ever Negative Leap Second?A group of clocks on a green wall.
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Are We About To Get The First-Ever Negative Leap Second?

clock-iconJuly 25, 2025
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Entangled Atomic Clock Experiment Could Finally Provide Hints At A Theory Of EverythingAn atomic clock made by Hewlett-Packard.

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Entangled Atomic Clock Experiment Could Finally Provide Hints At A Theory Of EverythingAn atomic clock made by Hewlett-Packard.
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Entangled Atomic Clock Experiment Could Finally Provide Hints At A Theory Of Everything

clock-iconJuly 25, 2025
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"Nobody Expected This": Earth's Rotation Will Speed Up Tomorrow, Bucking The Downward TrendStar trails caused by the Earth's rotation.

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"Nobody Expected This": Earth's Rotation Will Speed Up Tomorrow, Bucking The Downward TrendStar trails caused by the Earth's rotation.
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"Nobody Expected This": Earth's Rotation Will Speed Up Tomorrow, Bucking The Downward Trend

clock-iconJuly 8, 2025
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"Nobody Expected This": Earth's Rotation Will Speed Up In July And August, Bucking The Downward TrendStar trails, the result of the Earth's rotation.

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"Nobody Expected This": Earth's Rotation Will Speed Up In July And August, Bucking The Downward TrendStar trails, the result of the Earth's rotation.
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"Nobody Expected This": Earth's Rotation Will Speed Up In July And August, Bucking The Downward Trend

clock-iconJune 25, 2025
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We're About To Achieve The Most Accurate Time Signal Ever Transmitted From Spacethe module is cylindrical in shape attached to other cylindrical module. At the end of it there are multiple cuboid attachments, the clock being one of them.

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We're About To Achieve The Most Accurate Time Signal Ever Transmitted From Spacethe module is cylindrical in shape attached to other cylindrical module. At the end of it there are multiple cuboid attachments, the clock being one of them.
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We're About To Achieve The Most Accurate Time Signal Ever Transmitted From Space

clock-iconApril 21, 2025
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New Way To Hunt Dark Matter: Precise Atomic Clocks And Lasersthe image backgroun is black. across it thousands of galaxies, most of them just tiny dots with a few ones showing features

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New Way To Hunt Dark Matter: Precise Atomic Clocks And Lasersthe image backgroun is black. across it thousands of galaxies, most of them just tiny dots with a few ones showing features
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New Way To Hunt Dark Matter: Precise Atomic Clocks And Lasers

clock-iconFebruary 10, 2025
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Nuclear Clock Breakthrough Is Another Step Forward In Extreme TimekeepingA 3D render of a mechanical clock but the bottom dial is being moved by a the wave frequency of an atom (which is made enormous to do that)

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Nuclear Clock Breakthrough Is Another Step Forward In Extreme TimekeepingA 3D render of a mechanical clock but the bottom dial is being moved by a the wave frequency of an atom (which is made enormous to do that)
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Nuclear Clock Breakthrough Is Another Step Forward In Extreme Timekeeping

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Earth's Changing Shape May Cause A Global Timekeeping CrisisA row of clocks showing the time in different international cities, like New York and Paris.

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Earth's Changing Shape May Cause A Global Timekeeping CrisisA row of clocks showing the time in different international cities, like New York and Paris.
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Earth's Changing Shape May Cause A Global Timekeeping Crisis

clock-iconMarch 27, 2024
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