Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) fulfills a vital role in national security: employing the sort of people ...

There are some clocks, mostly in or around international airports, which have multiple faces to show the time at various ...

On Earth, knowing the time feels simple. Your phone pings the same second as a GPS satellite and an atomic clock in a lab. Everything is wired together so well that you rarely think about the ...

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 ...

Time on Mars does not match time on Earth, and the difference is no longer a thought experiment. Precision calculations now show that clocks on the red planet tick measurably faster, confirming a ...

Scientists confirm that clocks on Mars run faster than on Earth and will change global space navigation in the future ...

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 ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

A group of researchers in China has designed the world’s first lunar timekeeping software to help synchronize our clocks with the Moon. As the global race to build a human habitat on the Moon heats up ...