Scientists have officially broken the record for the shortest unit of time ever measured, known as the zeptosecond. Researchers found that a photon takes about 247 zeptoseconds to pass through a single hydrogen molecule, capturing an event that lasts only a tiny fraction of a second.
One zeptosecond equals 0.0000000000000000000001 seconds, a scale so small it pushes the limits of measurement itself. Observing time at this level allows physicists to directly study how light interacts with matter at the most fundamental level.
These measurements are not theoretical ideas but experimentally verified results that deepen our understanding of quantum mechanics and the nature of reality. By reaching this precision, scientists are effectively taking snapshots of light in motion and revealing how the universe behaves at its fastest limits.
Old news from 2020 I missed.
The idea that this doable is staggering and, yet, we can’t figure out how to live on the planet. It bodes poorly.