New tech allows moon events to be accurately synchronised from Earth, paving the way for more spacecraft and people to work ...

Time does not pass at the same speed on Earth and the moon; with lower gravity, lunar clocks run faster by around 56 ...

Purple Mountain Observatory’s nanosecond-accurate system could underpin future lunar navigation, habitats and GPS-style ...

For the first time, scientists have introduced a new software capable of telling time on the Moon, a breakthrough designed to ...

Researchers at the Purple Mountain Observatory in China have developed LTE440, an acronym for Lunar Time Ephemeris.

The Moon is no longer just a symbol of past glory. It is now viewed as the gateway between Earth and deep space: close enough ...

China has quietly taken a decisive step in the new space race by building what it calls the first software system capable of keeping clocks on Earth and on the Moon in sync. The tool is designed to ...

In a pivotal step towards autonomous lunar exploration, global navigation specialist Advanced Navigation has completed the critical terrestrial validation for its LUNA (Laser measurement Unit for ...