Exploring Leap Second
Exploring Leap Second reveals several interesting facts.
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- Midnight will come later tonight, as for the first time in three years, an extra
- On June 30th, scientists are adding an extra
- Did you know that last year we had 28 of the fastest days ever recorded? Earth's rotation can be affected by a number of things, ...
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Every few years, we give one day an extra second. It's called a Want to ask some sort of crazy question about Space?: Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Facebook: facebook.com/pbsspacetime ... EDIT: Of all the things not to fact-check! It's UTC, not UCT. Which is short for Coordinated Universal Time, because reasons. Well ... This is a video of my SEL 2407 satellite clock applying the
Boulder researchers have been tasked with maintaining atomic clocks, and periodically inserting
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