The extra day in the year keeps our calendar aligned with the solar year, helping seasons, equinoxes and solstices stay on track. How did leap years and leap days get started? Here's what we know.

On the last day of 2024, Eutelsat's OneWeb satellite broadband service that covers much of Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas was hit with a 48-hour power outage — and, oddly enough, it's ...

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Hanukkah starts on Christmas Day this year. How often does that occur? Explaining the rare Chrismukkah convergence and other calendar oddities.

For most people February 29, the date that only comes around once every four years, is mostly a fun novelty, but the leap day also has the potential to wreak havoc on tech systems. This year at ...

Turns out, leap-year babies will be 84 years old before they technically turn 21 and can crack open a cold one. That is a moment Sohpia and Kelly Bodnar are sure to hold on to as they raise their ...

VERIFY No, leap year doesn't always happen every 4 years: VERIFY If the year can't be evenly divided by 400 at the turn of a century, then it won't be a leap year.

Mike Polk Jr. has some thoughts (and fascinating facts) about Leap Year There are plenty of mildly interesting historical facts about February 29th, the Gregorian calendar’s weirdest some-times day.

Every four years, we add a day to the calendar on February 29, but do people know why? Meteorologist Dalencia Jenkins explains what's the reason for the extra day.

Without a leap year, or having a leap day every year, we'd have December summers and winter in July, disrupting our way of life, including how we get our fruits and vegetables.

On Thursday, we get to celebrate an “extra” day – leap day – and restaurant chains are right there to offer deals in honor of leap year. >> Read more trending news Leap years exist because ...

“Leap year is the Gregorian calendar’s way of keeping track of the earth’s annual orbit around the sun. A calendar year is 365 days, while the actual earth orbiting time is closer to 365¼ days.