“The passage of time is fundamental to the theory of relativity: how you realize it, how you calculate it, and what influences it,” said Bijunath Patla, a physicist at the National Institute of ...

Time runs faster on Mars (477 microseconds/day) due to relativity. Discover how this fundamental physics challenge requires dynamic correction to prevent massive GPS errors and secure future deep ...

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the difference, showing that Mars clocks tick slightly faster—and fluctuate over the ...