SMRTR Science & EngineeringMay 20, 2026Live Science

Physicists confirm 'negative time' is real by asking the atoms themselves

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Physicists confirmed "negative time" is real — meaning light appears to exit an atom cloud before entering — by measuring atomic excitement levels during photon transmission. After averaging 1 million test runs over 70 hours, atoms themselves reported negative transit times, validating earlier experiments and revealing yet another strange behavior of quantum physics.

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