The mind-bending new science of measuring time

14 pointsposted a year ago
by gronky_

3 Comments

fallinditch

a year ago

> These clocks would lose less than a second over the age of the universe. An optical clock is so precise that if you lifted one a centimetre off the ground, it would detect the gravitational dilation foretold by Einsteinian relativity.

That's one helluva rabbit hole to go down.

cr125rider

a year ago

That one wonderful! One of the most captivating articles I’ve read in a long time.