First of all, why? Well it is all about the sun and the Earth's rotation: It takes 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and change for Earth to fully go around the sun, which would lead to a problem after ...

Once every four years, an extra day is added to the month of February. That year is considered a leap year, and February 29 is known as a leap day. Leap years exist because it takes the Earth 365 days ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Today isn’t just any old Thursday in February. Thursday, Feb. 29 has a special claim to fame. Today is leap day, the day inserted into the calendar every four years to keep our ...

LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR DAY NOW. TODAY IS ALSO A FEBRUARY 29TH, WHICH IS LEAP DAY. THIS IS THE EXTRA DAY WE ADD TO THE CALENDAR EVERY FOUR YEARS. HELPS CALENDAR GET BACK ON TRACK. METEOROLOGIST ...

While there are plenty of things to note in the calendar for 2024, one of the biggest is that this year is a leap year. A leap year means there's an extra day in the calendar. "It takes approximately ...

Did you realize that 2024 had an extra day? That's because 2024 was a Leap Year, meaning it had 366 days instead of the usual 365. And, Leap Day babies were finally able to enjoy a real birthday on ...

Leap year. It's a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why?Have a look at some of the numbers, history and lore behind the (not quite) every four year phenom ...

Leap Day is celebrated every four years. The next Leap Day will be in 2028. (iStock) Leap day is a day added to the end of February approximately every four years to keep the calendar consistent. The ...

• The point of the leap year is to help adjust the Gregorian calendar by adding an extra day every four years. But even that doesn’t quite do the trick, which is why scientists periodically call for a ...

CLEVELAND — Certain things get repeated so often that people start to believe they're true, even if they haven't checked the facts themselves. First, the National Air and Space Museum explains that ...