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Is RoS (relativity of simultaneity) symmetrical like time dilation?

asked Mar 17, 2023 in Time Dilation by LunarAlchemy

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Why do people say that time dilation causes gravity? Aren’t they mixing up cause and effect?

asked Mar 17, 2023 in Time Dilation by The Ancient One

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What is the physical significance of time dilation?

asked Mar 17, 2023 in Time Dilation by Jogey

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Why isn't "time dilation" talked about more when discussing aliens? Couldn't 1000 years for us just be 1 year for them?

asked Mar 17, 2023 in Time Dilation by Kelly Burrows

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If a traveler with a speed of 99.9999c (where time dilation is in full swing) goes past a stationary object of extreme gravity. How is the time dilation manipulated for the traveler? And the stationary object? If at all.

asked Mar 16, 2023 in Time Dilation by EmberCharm

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We have two reference frames: A and B. A is moving away from B with velocity V so time dilation would occur in A relative to B. From the perspective of A, B is moving away from it with velocity -V. Shouldn't time dilation occur in B relative to A?

asked Mar 16, 2023 in Time Dilation by superscholarly

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In Einstein's famous train platform thought experiment, what does motion have to do with things? It seems to me that location determines the observation differential, not motion.

asked Mar 16, 2023 in Time Dilation by Chris1004

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If we contact the pilot every day in space, then will we avoid time dilation?

asked Mar 16, 2023 in Time Dilation by NebulaOracle

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What is the effect of time dilation on objects around an object that is approaching light speed?

asked Mar 16, 2023 in Time Dilation by jel72

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Is Space-Contraction and Time-dilation by Einstein and acceptance as science expression that European scientists evolved from dumb apes and now, they are apes?

asked Mar 16, 2023 in Time Dilation by leelovesbikestoo

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How fast would we have to go to get 47 billion light years to the edge of the universe while aging only 20 years due to time dilation? <br></br>

asked Mar 15, 2023 in Time Dilation by TeesdaleSpark

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Are inertial reference frames measured as if they were at rest, with no time variable?

asked Mar 15, 2023 in Time Dilation by plugwash

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How would time dilation theoretically allow someone to travel into the future?

asked Mar 15, 2023 in Time Dilation by tgs

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Did anyone ever analyse the Haefele Keating experiment from a non inertial frame, eg. the airplane frame, according to special relativity? The only analysis I see is from a special privileged reference frame (the centre of Earth non rotating frame).

asked Mar 15, 2023 in Time Dilation by Johnpg

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Can you explain time dilation? How do we know this actually occurs when objects are moving really fast, e.g., close to or beyond the speed of light?

asked Mar 14, 2023 in Time Dilation by OhMyGodItsMe

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How does changing the speed of light affect time dilation?

asked Mar 14, 2023 in Time Dilation by oxfordblue71

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How do you intuitively understand time dilation caused by special relativity?

asked Mar 14, 2023 in Time Dilation by SeraphicAlchemy

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Why is time different between different inertial observers (special relativity, time dilation, foundations, physics)?

asked Mar 14, 2023 in Time Dilation by Paul77TR37

+311 votes

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Is seeing objects being distorted by caustics underwater similar to seeing objects in time dilation?

asked Mar 14, 2023 in Time Dilation by Destech

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If a spaceship is traveling at 90% the speed of light and has an atomic clock on board, what is the relativistic speed of the spaceship as measured by the onboard clock? Take into account time dilation.

asked Mar 14, 2023 in Time Dilation by Alza

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