Record-smashing atomic clock is the most accurate ever
A super-accurate atomic clock just got more accurate. Thanks to new modifications, a record-setting strontium atomic clock is now so stable that it could theoretically "tick" for 15 billion years -- the age of our entire universe -- without gaining or losing a second. That's much more accurate than America's master clock. The clock was developed by JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder.
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