Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the difference, showing that Mars clocks tick slightly faster—and fluctuate over the ...

Ask someone on Earth for the time and they can give you an exact answer, thanks to our planet's intricate timekeeping system, built with atomic clocks, GPS satellites and high-speed telecommunications ...

Time isn’t this fixed universal thing that works the same everywhere, and Mars is a brilliant example of how location in space actually affects how fast time passes. A clock on Mars would literally ...