For The First Time, Physicists Have Filmed The Oscillation of a Time Crystal

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[–]Zapped 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

This article helps by explaining what time crystals are.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/mgkzmx/ok-wtf-is-a-time-crystal

And I still don't fully understand what's going on.

[–]zyxzevn[S] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

As I understand it..
In the experiment they are using a bose-einstein condensate.
That means that the electrons are at their lowest state and will behave more like rotating objects.
They are also more synchronized.
Because there are more levels of rotation, this rotation of the outside electrons flip periodically.
And with this the magnetic field flips, and this is what is recorded in the video.