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Hibernation Information and Measuring a Second

We Have Concerns

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The Atomic Clock

Am, so here's the thing, they they read it all those units, but now they have to read ou the second. And they're trying to figure out how to redo the second, because it's not easy. Now, what they're working on is anis an optical clockthis is optical atomic clocks. These basically, they can measure atoms that have a much faster natural re residence. So seisum one 33 already takes it like nine billion revolutions a second, or something like that. But we're talking about something that's even more precise than that. It's essentially a bunch of late, super cooled lazers, all lazers, ior cool dod.

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