Clocks on Earth are ticking a bit more regularly thanks to NIST-F4, a new atomic clock at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Boulder, Colorado. This month, NIST ...

The moon's different gravity means a precise atomic clock there would run slightly faster than on Earth. The difference could complicate calculations between spacecraft and a potential lunar base.

As the world prepares for a new space race, the Biden Administration is calling on NASA to create a moon-based time standard. That's because time ticks by faster on the moon relative to Earth. The ...

The world’s most precise clock sits on a table in Jun Ye’s lab in Boulder, Colorado. A tangle of electronics, fiber-optic cables, and laser beams, the clock is still a prototype, so no one actually ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — When Daylight Saving Time arrives next month, we have to set our clocks ahead one hour. But do we, really? Many of the clocks we rely on daily actually do the resetting all by ...

The tick of the world clock depends on hundreds of atomic oscillators positioned across the globe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...