Regina Barber

Right. So fewer shipwrecks because now like ships knew the time and knowing the time let them know where they were.

Right. So fewer shipwrecks because now like ships knew the time and knowing the time let them know where they were.

Right. I mean, so we're planning to go to Mars, maybe even further into space.

Right. I mean, so we're planning to go to Mars, maybe even further into space.

Right. I mean, so we're planning to go to Mars, maybe even further into space.

That's why today on the show, space clocks. How scientists are pushing the envelope to build an atomic clock with even better precision. And what that could mean for addressing some of the biggest mysteries of the universe. You're listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

That's why today on the show, space clocks. How scientists are pushing the envelope to build an atomic clock with even better precision. And what that could mean for addressing some of the biggest mysteries of the universe. You're listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

That's why today on the show, space clocks. How scientists are pushing the envelope to build an atomic clock with even better precision. And what that could mean for addressing some of the biggest mysteries of the universe. You're listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

All right. You ventured actually a few miles north in D.C. to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, which we've been to together and it's like super cool. Yeah. Goddard is a campus.

All right. You ventured actually a few miles north in D.C. to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, which we've been to together and it's like super cool. Yeah. Goddard is a campus.

All right. You ventured actually a few miles north in D.C. to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, which we've been to together and it's like super cool. Yeah. Goddard is a campus.

Yep. I mean, that's a good acronym. Like physicists and astronomers, like we're obsessed with acronyms.

Yep. I mean, that's a good acronym. Like physicists and astronomers, like we're obsessed with acronyms.

Yep. I mean, that's a good acronym. Like physicists and astronomers, like we're obsessed with acronyms.

Okay, I loved optical benches when I was like a physics undergrad and I was always the student that screwed in the beam splitters in the mirrors. Of course you were. And not only is the precise alignment important, but the system has to be really durable.

Okay, I loved optical benches when I was like a physics undergrad and I was always the student that screwed in the beam splitters in the mirrors. Of course you were. And not only is the precise alignment important, but the system has to be really durable.

Okay, I loved optical benches when I was like a physics undergrad and I was always the student that screwed in the beam splitters in the mirrors. Of course you were. And not only is the precise alignment important, but the system has to be really durable.

Right. So tell me about the atomic clocks that are like in space orbiting like right now.

Right. So tell me about the atomic clocks that are like in space orbiting like right now.

Right. So tell me about the atomic clocks that are like in space orbiting like right now.