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Atomic Clocks Could Catch Time Going Quantum, Measuring Ticking That Goes Faster And Slower At the Same Timea clock sits at the center of orbital representation of an atom

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Atomic Clocks Could Catch Time Going Quantum, Measuring Ticking That Goes Faster And Slower At the Same Timea clock sits at the center of orbital representation of an atom
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Atomic Clocks Could Catch Time Going Quantum, Measuring Ticking That Goes Faster And Slower At the Same Time

clock-iconApril 24, 2026

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Sugar Cube-Sized Atomic Clock Is The Smallest Ever To Be Mass Producedten drones are seen flying in formation in the dusky sky

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Sugar Cube-Sized Atomic Clock Is The Smallest Ever To Be Mass Producedten drones are seen flying in formation in the dusky sky
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Sugar Cube-Sized Atomic Clock Is The Smallest Ever To Be Mass Produced

clock-iconMarch 23, 2026

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A Quantum Lighthouse On The Moon Could Help With Lunar Exploration And Earthly Timekeepingartist impression of a spacecraft around the Moon, with the Earth in the background

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A Quantum Lighthouse On The Moon Could Help With Lunar Exploration And Earthly Timekeepingartist impression of a spacecraft around the Moon, with the Earth in the background
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A Quantum Lighthouse On The Moon Could Help With Lunar Exploration And Earthly Timekeeping

clock-iconFebruary 19, 2026
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Time Moves Faster Up A Mountain – And That’s Why Earth’s Core Is 2.5 Years Younger Than Its SurfaceThree clock faces made of light are next to each other. The first is upright, the second is flat and oscillating, and the third one is made of one upright and one flat down oscillating.

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Time Moves Faster Up A Mountain – And That’s Why Earth’s Core Is 2.5 Years Younger Than Its SurfaceThree clock faces made of light are next to each other. The first is upright, the second is flat and oscillating, and the third one is made of one upright and one flat down oscillating.
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Time Moves Faster Up A Mountain – And That’s Why Earth’s Core Is 2.5 Years Younger Than Its Surface

clock-iconDecember 15, 2025
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We're About To Achieve The Most Accurate Time Signal Ever Transmitted From Spacethe module is cylindrical in shape attached to other cylindrical module. At the end of it there are multiple cuboid attachments, the clock being one of them.

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We're About To Achieve The Most Accurate Time Signal Ever Transmitted From Spacethe module is cylindrical in shape attached to other cylindrical module. At the end of it there are multiple cuboid attachments, the clock being one of them.
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We're About To Achieve The Most Accurate Time Signal Ever Transmitted From Space

clock-iconApril 21, 2025
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What Is A Second And How Will It Change In The Future?A woman's hand changing an analog clock

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What Is A Second And How Will It Change In The Future?A woman's hand changing an analog clock
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What Is A Second And How Will It Change In The Future?

clock-iconMarch 22, 2025
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Multi-Ion Optical Atomic Clock Takes A Step Towards Changing The Definition Of A Seconda digital art piece showing an explosion of light with lines that look vaguely like an analog clock

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Multi-Ion Optical Atomic Clock Takes A Step Towards Changing The Definition Of A Seconda digital art piece showing an explosion of light with lines that look vaguely like an analog clock
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Multi-Ion Optical Atomic Clock Takes A Step Towards Changing The Definition Of A Second

clock-iconJanuary 16, 2025
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Nuclear Clock Breakthrough Is Another Step Forward In Extreme TimekeepingA 3D render of a mechanical clock but the bottom dial is being moved by a the wave frequency of an atom (which is made enormous to do that)

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Nuclear Clock Breakthrough Is Another Step Forward In Extreme TimekeepingA 3D render of a mechanical clock but the bottom dial is being moved by a the wave frequency of an atom (which is made enormous to do that)
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Nuclear Clock Breakthrough Is Another Step Forward In Extreme Timekeeping

clock-iconSeptember 4, 2024
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