NASA's Deep Space Atomic Clock Study Completed; Navigation on Space Missions Will Get Better Soon

Medicine & Technology Oct 06, 2021

NASA/JPL's mission to develop the Deep Space Atomic Clock recently ended, and was completed with a promising success for future missions.

Refrigerator-Sized Deep Space Atomic Clocks Improve Autonomy in Spacecrafts for Future Missions

Jul 05, 2021

A new report by NASA includes the improvement of spacecraft autonomy through the refrigerator-sized atomic clock technology.

Optical Clocks Narrow Down the Search for Dark Matter

Oct 25, 2020

Researchers have used the accuracy of optical clocks to close in on the mysterious components of dark matter, as well as the coupling between parts - particles and fields - postulated by the standard model of physics.

New Measurement Technology Paves Way For Nuclear Clocks

Oct 02, 2020

Researchers have accomplished the high-precision measurement of a thorium isotope's nuclear transition - opening the possibilities for more accurate nuclear clocks.

Popular Clock in New York City Now Reflects Our 'Remaining Time'

Sep 20, 2020

The Metronome—a 62-foot-wide electronic clock with a 15-digit display facing Manhattan's Union square—has changed its display to the remaining time before the "climate change deadline."

Researchers Have Just Developed the Sharpest Laser in the World

Jul 04, 2017

A new laser with a linewidth of just 10 mHz has established a new world record for sharpest laser.

Scientists Set a New Record with Most Accurate Clock Ever Built

Apr 22, 2015

Scientists have set a new record in accurate timekeeping, by creating a new atomic clock that won't lose or gain a second in 15 billion years. This timespan is greater than the estimated age of the Universe itself.