Seems to be problem with 6now.cf ... my linux (full-featured) DNS server returns same:
$ dig ntp.6now.cf
; <<>> DiG 9.11.5-P4-5.1+deb10u5-Debian <<>> ntp.6now.cf
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 43028
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
; COOKIE: f6838f3c230eddd9bf7d0b88618e3fd5d40d6d46ff75aceb (good)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ntp.6now.cf. IN A
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
6now.cf. 10800 IN SOA ns1.he.net. hostmaster.he.net. 2021111002 86400 7200 3600000 172800
;; Query time: 1251 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Fri Nov 12 11:20:05 CET 2021
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 125
Query-ing NS responsible gives same result:
$ dig ntp.6now.cf @ns1.he.net
; <<>> DiG 9.11.5-P4-5.1+deb10u5-Debian <<>> ntp.6now.cf @ns1.he.net
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4683
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ntp.6now.cf. IN A
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
6now.cf. 86400 IN SOA ns1.he.net. hostmaster.he.net. 2021111002 86400 7200 3600000 172800
;; Query time: 33 msec
;; SERVER: 2001:470:100::2#53(2001:470:100::2)
;; WHEN: Fri Nov 12 11:22:40 CET 2021
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 97
Which means that basically ntp.6now.cf doesn't exist in public internet. So not a problem of NTP client in ROS.