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[โ€“] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] loppy@fedia.io 12 points 1 week 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.