AP Spotlight Lunar standard time? NASA aims to create new clock for the moon, where seconds tick away faster SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press Apr 7, 2024 Apr 7, 2024 Updated Mar 5, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — NASA wants to come up with an out-of-this-world way to keep track of time, putting the moon on its own souped-up clock.kAmxEVD ?@E BF:E6 2 E:>6 K@?6 =:<6 E9@D6 @? t2CE9[ 3FE 2? 6?E:C6 7C2>6 @7 E:>6 C676C6?46 7@C E96 >@@?] q642FD6 E96C6VD =6DD 8C2G:EJ @? E96 >@@?[ E:>6 E96C6 >@G6D 2 E25 BF:4<6C — dg]f >:4C@D64@?5D 6G6CJ 52J — 4@>A2C65 E@ t2CE9] $@ E96 (9:E6 w@FD6 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]H9:E69@FD6]8@G^HA\4@?E6?E^FA=@25D^a_ac^_c^r6=6DE:2=\%:>6\$E2?52C5:K2E:@?\!@=:4J]A57QmC646?E=J :?DECF4E65k^2m }p$p 2?5 @E96C &]$ 286?4:6D E@ H@C< H:E9 :?E6C?2E:@?2= 286?4:6D E@ 4@>6 FA H:E9 2 ?6H >@@?\46?EC:4 E:>6 C676C6?46 DJDE6>]k^Am kAm“p? 2E@>:4 4=@4< @? E96 >@@? 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Science A faster spinning Earth may force timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press
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Stop moving clocks back and forth and go with standard time | William F. Shughart II Daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. on Sunday. Unless Congress stops the madness of springing forward and falling back every year, it will …
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