Atomic clocks missed a beat as NIST warns of inaccurate timestamps

NIST traced the problem to its Boulder, Colorado campus, where a prolonged utility power outage disrupted operations. The ...
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NIST: Internet time may be wrong after power outage hit servers

For a brief window this month, the official clocks that quietly coordinate the Internet’s heartbeat slipped out of sync. After a power outage hit key servers in Colorado, the National Institute of ...

NIST contemplated pulling the pin on NTP servers after blackout caused atomic clock drift

A staffer at the USA’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) tried to disable backup generators powering some of its Network Time Protocol infrastructure, after a power outage around ...
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Brutal 125 mph gusts triggered rare power failure at US atomic clock facility

A severe windstorm in Colorado triggered a power failure at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), ...

Fire-weather alert in Colorado knocked out timekeeping across the internet

NIST restored the precision of its atomic clocks after a power outage caused by a power outage disrupted operations. Discover ...

NIST warns that its NIST-F4 atomic clock lost track of time after a power outage

The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently warned that an atomic clock device installed at its Boulder campus had failed due to a prolonged power ...
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Time runs faster on Mars and scientists just proved it

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the ...
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New atomic fountain clock joins elite group that keeps the world on time

Clocks on Earth are ticking a bit more regularly thanks to NIST-F4, a new atomic clock at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Boulder, Colorado. NIST-F4 measures an ...