How does GPS work without an atomic clock? Explore the ingenious techniques that enable precise location tracking. #GPS ...

The advantage of a radio-controlled clock that receives the time signal from WWVB is that you never have to set it again.

Atomic clocks are timekeeping devices that use the vibrations of atoms (commonly cesium, rubidium, or hydrogen) as their ...

A network of Earth's best clocks will be synchronised with the most accurate one ever sent into space. But the device has a ...

QuantX Labs will launch a key sub-system of its next-generation optical atomic clock on a SpaceX mission in December.

Adelaide-based QuantX Labs plans to launch a key subsystem of its optical atomic clock into space to enhance position, ...

NASA's SpaceX 32nd commercial resupply services mission, scheduled to lift off from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in ...

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 ...

Quantum clock maker QuantX Labs is preparing to launch a key component of its optical atomic clock into space for the first ...

This technology, called the 'microcomb chip,' could make optical atomic clocks, the most precise timekeepers in the world, compact enough for everyday use. Credit: Kaiyi Wu This breakthrough could ...

Now a Japanese company has commercialized one approach—an optical-lattice clock it claims is the most accurate on the market.