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Fudd instantly silenced the Huskies coach’s blustering by draining her fourth shot from beyond the arc seconds after Georgetown’s make.
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Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
The Gaia satellite, however, is off by no more than 24 millionths of an arc second, the width of a human hair from 1,000 kilometers away.
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Ann Finkbeiner,
Scientific American,
1 Feb. 2024
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Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
The Gaia satellite, however, is off by no more than 24 millionths of an arc second, the width of a human hair from 1,000 kilometers away.
—
Ann Finkbeiner,
Scientific American,
1 Feb. 2024
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“Arc second.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arc%20second. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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