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SpaceX Launches Atomic Clocks With Lasers To Test Einstein Theory
The European Space Agency has launched two atomic clocks on a SpaceX rocket to the ISS to test Einstein's theory of ...
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NIST's Ytterbium Lattice Atomic Clock (IMAGE)
One of NIST's ytterbium lattice atomic clocks. NIST physicists combined two of these experimental clocks to make the world's most stable single atomic clock. The image is a stacked composite of ...
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Image: Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space: Time to get ready
ESA's Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States. This cutting-edge European experiment will test fundamental physics from the ...
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Most accurate space clock to launch – and count down to destruction
A network of Earth's best clocks will be synchronised with the most accurate one ever sent into space. But the device has a ...
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We're About To Achieve The Most Accurate Time Signal Ever Transmitted From Space
The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched ACES, or the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space, to the International Space Station ...
Inside the Race to Build the Most Precise Clock in the Universe
A revolutionary timekeeping breakthrough could be on the horizon as scientists explore the thorium-229 nuclear optical clock, an innovation that may surpass today’s atomic clocks. By manipulating ...
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Jaw-Dropping Atomic Clock Build
His Rubidium-standard atomic real-time clock is surely an example of hardware ... frequency counters so he went with logic chips. The pictures and a few video annotations are the only clues ...
Atomic Clock, Plant Experiments: SpaceX Launches 3,000 Kg Of Cargo For ISS Astronauts
SpaceX, on Monday, successfully launched its Dragon spacecraft on the 32nd commercial resupply services mission for NASA. The ...
An Atomic 'Tick-Tock' With Swiss Technology Heads To Space To Test The Einstein Effect
On Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the ACES set of atomic clocks. It will be docked to the International ...
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An Atomic Pendulum Clock Accurate Enough For CERN
With access to a 10-MHz timebase from a cesium fountain atomic clock — no less a clock than the one that’s used to define the SI second, by the way — [Daniel] looked for ways to sync the ...