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Thanks To Earth Speeding Up, We Could Scrap The Leap Second As Early As Next Month – And Gain The First Ever “Leap Hour”a wall filled with different time of clocks all with different times

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Thanks To Earth Speeding Up, We Could Scrap The Leap Second As Early As Next Month – And Gain The First Ever “Leap Hour”a wall filled with different time of clocks all with different times
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Thanks To Earth Speeding Up, We Could Scrap The Leap Second As Early As Next Month – And Gain The First Ever “Leap Hour”

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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

clock-iconMay 22, 2026
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The Longest Month Of The Year Is Not The Same Everywhere On The Planeta phot of a simple calendar on a surface

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The Longest Month Of The Year Is Not The Same Everywhere On The Planeta phot of a simple calendar on a surface
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The Longest Month Of The Year Is Not The Same Everywhere On The Planet

clock-iconMay 7, 2026

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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

clock-iconNovember 11, 2025
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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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Earth's Rotation Will Speed Up Tomorrow, Set To Make The Day 1.34 Milliseconds ShorterIllustration of earth spinning with rings

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Earth's Rotation Will Speed Up Tomorrow, Set To Make The Day 1.34 Milliseconds ShorterIllustration of earth spinning with rings
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Earth's Rotation Will Speed Up Tomorrow, Set To Make The Day 1.34 Milliseconds Shorter

clock-iconJuly 21, 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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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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In A Leap Year Should We Replace Leap Seconds With Leap Minutes?When clocks ran on clockwork, leap seconds weren't an issue, but atomic clocks have changed that.

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In A Leap Year Should We Replace Leap Seconds With Leap Minutes?When clocks ran on clockwork, leap seconds weren't an issue, but atomic clocks have changed that.
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In A Leap Year Should We Replace Leap Seconds With Leap Minutes?

clock-iconJanuary 5, 2024
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The Time Has Come To Kill The Leap Second, Timekeepers DecideLeap second

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The Time Has Come To Kill The Leap Second, Timekeepers DecideLeap second
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The Time Has Come To Kill The Leap Second, Timekeepers Decide

clock-iconNovember 22, 2022
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Earth’s Days Are Getting Longer And No One Really Knows Whya close-up of the Earth's surface in space as the sun peeks out from behind starting a new day

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Earth’s Days Are Getting Longer And No One Really Knows Whya close-up of the Earth's surface in space as the sun peeks out from behind starting a new day
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Earth’s Days Are Getting Longer And No One Really Knows Why

clock-iconAugust 8, 2022
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Why Was A Leap Second Added To 2016?article image

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Why Was A Leap Second Added To 2016?article image
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Why Was A Leap Second Added To 2016?

clock-iconJanuary 3, 2017

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Earth’s Day Will Be One Minute Longer In 6.7 Million Yearsarticle image

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Earth’s Day Will Be One Minute Longer In 6.7 Million Yearsarticle image
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Earth’s Day Will Be One Minute Longer In 6.7 Million Years

clock-iconDecember 7, 2016

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2016 Is Going To Be One Second Longerarticle image

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2016 Is Going To Be One Second Longerarticle image
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2016 Is Going To Be One Second Longer

clock-iconJuly 7, 2016