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To explore deep space, we'll need better clocks. Here's why

Every single day, humans rely on hundreds of hidden clocks. GPS location, Internet stability, stock trading, power grid management ... all rely on atomic clocks in order to work. Many of those clocks ...
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Rising GPS interference risks planes and critical systems, can atomic clocks save us?

On January 17, 2025, a Ryanair flight from London was just moments from touching down in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius when its descent was abruptly aborted. The Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 had descended ...
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Air Force aims to gauge industry interest in making atomic clock to guide drone swarms

The Air Force Research Laboratory seeks input about ways groups of drones can function together without traditional means of ...
NPR

To explore deep space, scientists say we'll need better clocks. Here's why

It's Memorial Day, Short Wavers. This holiday, we bring you a meditation on time ... and clocks. There are hundreds of atomic clocks in orbit right now, perched on satellites all over Earth. We depend ...