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Chinese scientists unveil reliable lunar clock that accounts for Einstein's relativity
Because the moon has less gravity than Earth does, time passes slightly differently there. This effect was first predicted by ...
The way in which time progresses on the Moon is becoming increasingly relevant as both countries push toward their next lunar ...
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Time runs faster on the Moon, and China just built the first clock to keep up
The researchers used measurements from the Moon's gravity to program a software package that can measure lunar time.
Tracking time is one of those things that seems easy, until you really start to get into the details of what time actually is. We define a second as 9,192,631,770 oscillations of a cesium atom.
We go about our busy days, occasionally glancing at our watch or the clock on the wall. But we seldom stop to think about how ...
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