As the world prepares for a new space race, the Biden Administration is calling on NASA to create a moon-based time standard. That's because time ticks by faster on the moon relative to Earth.

Time acts differently in space. We've got UTC down here -- but the Biden admin calls for "unified lunar time standard" up there.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Time moves a tad faster on the moon. Now an international group of astronomers has joined calls to give the moon its own clock so that future space missions can keep track of ...

Time moves faster on the moon, and now we're one step closer to getting a lunar time zone to keep track of it. ... US House space committee wants a standard lunar clock. Story by John Loeffler • 2h.

NASA is working on discovering exactly what time it is on the moon by creating a standardized time zone. The space agency hopes to then use that standard elsewhere in the solar system.

The moon getting its own “time zone” is critical to future space exploration. Shutterstock / Dima Zel Lunar Coordinate Time would also play a role in navigating space and the moon, added NIST ...

Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan, who represents Virginia's District 4, introduced H.R. 8837, the Celestial Time Standardization Act.

The private ispace Resilience lander will land on the moon at 3:17 p.m. EDT today (June 5), but only if the company pursues ...

They would require a standard moon time relative to Earth in order to compensate for the changes in the way that time flows faster there due to the differences in gravity.

Time moves faster on the moon, and now we're one step closer to getting a lunar time zone to keep track of it.