Maybe explain like I’m 1 years old… Just read an article on a team of researchers who recently created a video of a Space-Time crystal. Pls can someone explain in the most basic way possible what a time crystal is? I’ve read previous posts on this and I still don’t understand :(

Question

Link to article is [here](https://scitechdaily.com/see-worlds-first-video-of-a-space-time-crystal/).

In: Physics

Answer 1

Think slinky escalator https://youtu.be/5UP_njBPpZ4?t=126. The slinky is changing constantly but repeating periodically