Times Square, NYC (Photo by Terabass) |
As life speeds up in unprecedented ways, the New York minute is no longer a sufficient descriptor.
Meet the zeptosecond: “the time it takes a light particle to cross a hydrogen molecule.” This is now “the shortest unit of time ever.”
To put it in mathematical perspective, a zeptosecond equals “a trillionth of a billionth of a second.” For those who prefer visuals, it’s “a decimal point followed by 20 zeroes and a 1.”
In any event, it’s fast. Before you can say “Times Square,” it’s long gone.
Resources
https://www.livescience.com/zeptosecond-shortest-time-unit-measured.html
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