For NASA, however, ensuring that missions deep into space have accurate readings of time is incredibly important, and it’s so vital that the agency actually launched an atomic clock into space ...

Sometimes life itself seems like one never-ending wallpaper pattern ... In other words, snowflakes exhibit symmetry in space. Of course, simpler objects also look the same when rotated, such ...

A new atomic clock is due for installation on the International Space Station in 2016, ushering in a new age of physics experiments probing the relationship between space and time. Called PHARAO ...

To control for it, GPS clocks are set to check the time and correct themselves regularly. But in outer space, critical functions like communication and navigation require even greater clock ...