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DNA is a very long chain polymer made up of thousands of repeating units called nucleotides.

Nucleotide Unit is composed of a phosphate group, a pentose sugar, and a nitrogenous base.

The sides of the DNA ladder are made up of alternating deoxyribose sugar -- phosphate group units.

The Length of the Day is determined in Astronomical Units.

The length of a day corresponds to the time the Earth takes to turn around on its axis, which is approximately 24 hours. But it's not exactly 24 hours. 

This phenomenon is due to tides raised by the Moon which slow Earth's rotation. Because of the way the second is defined, the mean length of a day is now about 86 400.002 seconds, and is increasing by about 1.7 milliseconds per century.

A Light-year is a distance that light travels in the vacuum in one Julian year (365.25 days).

The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances. It is about 9.5 trillion kilometers or 5.9 trillion miles.