Time appeared to skip a beat last week when some of the world’s most accurate clocks were affected by a wind-induced power ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently warned that an atomic clock device installed at its Boulder campus had failed due to a prolonged power ...

Time signals shifted by a tiny amount that only very sensitive users would find upsetting UPDATED A staffer at the USA’s ...

Ask someone on Earth for the time and they can give you an exact answer, thanks to our planet's intricate timekeeping system, built with atomic clocks, GPS satellites and high-speed telecommunications ...

For decades, atomic clocks have provided the most stable means of timekeeping. They measure time by oscillating in step with ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Internet Time Service Facility in Boulder lost power Wednesday afternoon ...

Due to the power outage, time (very) briefly stood still at the NIST Internet Time Service facility in Boulder.

A destructive windstorm disrupted the power supply to more than a dozen atomic clocks that keep official time in the United ...

What makes someone a "morning lark" or a "night owl?" Why does jet lag hit us so hard, and why do some people struggle each ...

Sommarøy’s time-free zone was, in a sense, an attempt by residents to reclaim their connection to a more natural measure of time. After all, every year, the island experiences roughly 1,656 hours of ...

Time is a quantity and term that is very difficult to define. The dictionary says that time is “a period or interval.” Another puts forth the definition as “a measurable ...

Researchers are looking for new ways to improve timekeeping because even small gains in stability can help physicists discover subtle physical effects. The thorium-229 nuclear clock is a newer venture ...