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Time runs faster on Mars and scientists just proved it (www.sciencedaily.com)
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[–] 77 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

This was "proved" in 1915, and many many times since then. The article just talks about how relativity describes how gravity affects the progression of time

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  • [–] 23 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    crappy headline from science daily. The actual news here is the precision they calculated the time difference to.

    https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/12/what-time-it-mars-nist-physicists-have-answer

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    We measured it this time...

    We knew what the measurements would show, but still, no one had done it yet.

    Not groundbreaking, not surprising, but science is ratchet is this was an incremental step that once done can be built on.

    Eventually we're gonna have to prove all this shit anyways.

    Edit:

    The fact that it's not stable is pretty cool too. Very small variety, but still, on a very very small scale that may matter.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago*

    The authors of the original article cited by this news outlet did not measure any time on Mars in any way. They did a theoretical calculation of the time difference with Earth based on astronomical data about Mars like mass, orbit, etc.

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