On Earth, knowing the time feels simple. Your phone pings the same second as a GPS satellite and an atomic clock in a lab.

This temporal lag is a direct consequence of Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. The rule is simple: the weaker ...

The most powerful geomagnetic storm of the current solar cycle has just torn into the invisible bubble of charged particles ...

Summary: Time doesn’t flow uniformly across the solar system, and new research reveals just how differently it unfolds on Mars compared with Earth. By tracing subtle gravitational and orbital ...

In 2008, a team of UCLA-led scientists proposed a scheme to use a laser to excite the nucleus of thorium atoms to realize extremely accurate, portable clocks. Last year, they realized this ...

When we think of space exploration, NASA immediately comes to mind. Yet some of the most groundbreaking space endeavors were ...

On a solid November day for drone flying, Louis McCarthy had to explain to his client that a massive solar explosion 150 ...

The solar maximum may be over, but the sun has still been busy with activity.

Last year, a UCLA-led team accomplished something scientists have been trying to do for 50 years. They made radioactive thorium nuclei absorb and ...

Scientists say microscopic magnetite fossils may have enabled an ancient creature to detect Earth’s magnetic field, offering ...

Then, in 1957, the Soviet Union shocked everyone by launching Sputnik 1. This little metal sphere, beeping away as it circled ...

The small, light RTK receiver integrates the Anypos App and LoRa radio for high-precision surveying, photo surveys and 3D ...