Because the moon has less gravity than Earth does, time passes slightly differently there. This effect was first predicted by ...

Research published recently in the journal Nature Communications considers the influence of the quantum mechanics concept of superposition on timekeeping. Superposition refers to the ability of an ...

From what we know about No Man’s Sky, aging won’t be a source of in-game anxiety. Although characters can definitely die and the universe is big enough to explore into one’s dotage, the archbishop won ...

The answer comes from a counterintuitive result of special relativity, a field of physics which is notoriously difficult to ...

Astronaut Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) is pictured on the International Space Station's truss structure during a spacewalk.NASA Time can appear to move faster or slower to us ...

Sam Baron receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Spoiler alert: this article explains a key plot point, but we don’t give away anything you won’t see in trailers. Thanks to reader ...

Cool research story with connections to atomic clocks, Einstein and quantum mechanics. The research shows the 'spooky' interference that can impact even the most sophisticated clocks. A phenomenon of ...