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June 30 Extra Second: NASA To Make June 30 One Second Longer Than The Other Days
| Vinay Patel | | Jun 29, 2015 12:06 PM EDT |
Owing to the earth's slow-down in rotation rate, NASA has announced that it will be adding one second to the clock. What seems like a minor change is expected to bring a major chaos across technology and industrial domains including airlines
Why This Tuesday Will Be Longer Than Usual
| Staff Reporter | | Jun 29, 2015 05:08 AM EDT |
June 30 will be longer than usual as leap second will occur. In order to ensure time stays in sync with the Earth’s rotation, which is slowing down since the ocean tides are moving ahead of it, leap seconds are added once in a while to world time to significantly pull them back into proper alignment.
Leap Second: June to Be A Second Longer This Year [VIDEO]
| Aishwarya Bhatt | | May 20, 2015 12:48 PM EDT |
This year, June will be a second longer. This is according to Tuesday's announcement by the IERS (International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems). According to the IERS, the "leap second" will account for the discrepancy between the atomic clock and Earth's rotation.
Extra Time: Leap Second Added on June 30
| Marco Foronda | | Jan 07, 2015 03:49 AM EST |
This year, we all get an extra second on June 30.
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