The clock that won't lose a second in five BILLION years - and is so sensitive it shows how gravity

UK Daily Mail ^ | November 4, 2014 | Mark Prigg

[C19fan]

A new record-breaking atomic clock is so precise it neither loses nor gains a second in five billion years - longer than the age of the Earth. The 'strontium lattice clock' is 50% more accurate than the previous record holder, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) quantum logic clock. Researchers say the clock is so accurate, it can even reveal the effect gravity has on time.

[MosesKnows]

the clock will be increasingly wrong

You didn't think this through did you.

How would one know the rotation slowed if not for a reference to compare it to?

[Billthedrill]

Well, that’s a relief. I was beginning to worry about what was going to happen to me in 2.5 billion years when my clock ceased to tell the proper time.

[Organic Panic]

How does this help Muslims feel good about themselves.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks C19fan.

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