It is when near an object in space that has a massive gravitational effect, such as a black hole, time moves at a different pace. When you are closer to the black hole, time and space switch spots. To go further in time, you must move, instead of going further in time to move.
2 years ago | 19
Time is a function of speed as we are all aware presently. This means that anyone speeding relatively to someone not speeding will experience time dilation (aka a different flow of time). And this goes for any speed, be it a stroll in the park or in a spaceship whooshing away. Naturally, the difference is more noticeable the closer to light speed one travels, but the effect appears at any speed. Would you travel at the speed of light, your time would have slowed so much down that is would have completely stopped. Of course, Einstein also tells us that we can never achieve this speed, but could we, and we could stop our time and so factually travel to any part in the universe instantly, from our perspective. Also if you are standing next to a large object time will pass by more slowly than a person standing next to a smaller object, the difference is ministerial but measurable. Theoretical physics are still working on time dilation as regard supermassive black holes, and ultimately what is it the end of a black hole?
2 years ago | 7
"Interstellar" is a great movie. It also covers the science of "time dilation." Caused by a gravity well distorting space-time. You can also experience time dilation if you're traveling near the speed of light. I'm no expert btw.
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I don't know the science behind it however if you were to pass the event horizon of a black hole almost everything we know about the laws of physics change and space/time is theorised not to follow a straight pathway, everything happens all at the same time
2 years ago | 5
Yes. It’s because light is a constant. It travels at the same speed no matter the relative speed of the observers in each reference frame.
2 years ago | 3
Just gravity affecting time, think Doctor Who explained it the best
2 years ago | 2
What I think I know is that time dilation occurs at very high speeds and the closer to light speed you reach the slower time will move. For photons time does not exist. A year or a million years is the same for a photon. The other is gravitational. The closer you get to a large source of gravity the slower time will move for you but I beleive that's getting into special relativity
1 year ago | 0
Isn't there where you change the time an hour twice a year for no particular reason?
2 years ago | 5
Science Time
Do you know how time dilation works?
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