Considered the shortest measurement of time in human history

A second seems to pass imperceptibly, but it is a long time to study the complexities of the universe in a scientific laboratory.

To learn regarding the various elements of the universe and to conduct new experiments in the vastness of the earth and space, the thousandth of a second is also very important and scientists know this very well.

In addition, most of the most important and fundamental natural phenomena of our universe also occur in a very short time.

This is the reason why experts of different times were in a dilemma to know the shortest period of time.

In 1999, Ahmed Zowel, an Egyptian chemist, measured the time it took for molecules to change shape, which was later called a femtosecond and was one millionth of a billionth of a second.

This was the shortest time span ever known. Ahmed Zowel was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this experiment.

However, in 2016, experts from Goethe University in Germany discovered an even shorter period of time.

During an experiment, experts observed that the chemical reaction they performed took place in the blink of an eye, which experts named zeptosecond following measuring it in detail.

You may be surprised to know that a zeptosecond is a ten trillionth of a billionth of a second.

In the year 2016, the chemical reaction observed by the experts took place in 850 zeptoseconds, but this year, last month i.e. in October 2020, during an experiment at the same university, the experts observed another chemical reaction which is even less than that. It happened in time ie 247 zeptoseconds.

This new record is 3.4 times shorter than the previous record. It has been described as the shortest measurement of time in human history.