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.

The White House issued a memorandum on Tuesday stating an aim of establishing and implementing a unified time standard and time zone for the Moon, Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC), before 2027.

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.

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 ...

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.

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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.