Regina Barber

Yeah. So longitude is like the east-west position on Earth. It's relative to the Prime Meridian in Greenwich, England, right?

And by knowing the difference between these two times, you can calculate, like, the in-between longitudinal degrees and know your location. Yeah, you can math. Right.

And by knowing the difference between these two times, you can calculate, like, the in-between longitudinal degrees and know your location. Yeah, you can math. Right.

And by knowing the difference between these two times, you can calculate, like, the in-between longitudinal degrees and know your location. Yeah, you can math. Right.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

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. 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. All right. You ventured actually a few miles north in D.C.

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.

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.

to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, which we've been to together and it's like super cool. Yeah. Goddard is a campus.

to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, which we've been to together and it's like super cool. Yeah. Goddard is a campus.

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