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This news article from the National Physical Laboratory describes how physicists updated an experimental test of special and general relativity by flying atomic clocks around the world. The article includes an image of the data, clearly illustrating the result, and also a photo of the traveling clocks.
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Relativity
- Special Relativity
= Time Dilation
- Informal Education
- High School
- Reference Material
= Article
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Keywords: Relativity, atomic clock
Record Creator: Metadata instance created October 14, 2011 by Ed Lee
Record Updated: Aug 23, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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February 1, 2011
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AIP Format
(National Physical Laboratory, Middlesex, 2011), WWW Document, (http://web.archive.org/web/20190303092231/https://www.npl.co.uk/news/time-flies).
AJP/PRST-PER
Time Flies (National Physical Laboratory, Middlesex, 2011), <http://web.archive.org/web/20190303092231/https://www.npl.co.uk/news/time-flies>.
APA Format
Time Flies. (2011, February 1). Retrieved February 16, 2025, from National Physical Laboratory: http://web.archive.org/web/20190303092231/https://www.npl.co.uk/news/time-flies
Chicago Format
National Physical Laboratory. Time Flies. Middlesex: National Physical Laboratory, February 1, 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20190303092231/https://www.npl.co.uk/news/time-flies (accessed 16 February 2025).
MLA Format
Time Flies. Middlesex: National Physical Laboratory, 2011. 1 Feb. 2011. 16 Feb. 2025 <http://web.archive.org/web/20190303092231/https://www.npl.co.uk/news/time-flies>.
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@misc{ Title = {Time Flies}, Publisher = {National Physical Laboratory}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {16 February 2025}, Month = {February 1, 2011}, Year = {2011} }
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