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 :(

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

In: Physics

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Try thinking of it as a theoretical model. It´s a concept for describing a mathematical tool, more or less, not meant to be seen as an actual object as such. Same with particles / atoms.