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In the movie Interstellar, if they were to hypothetically have a camera feed from the surface of Miller's planet for Romilly to watch on Endurance, what would he see?

asked May 18, 2023 in Time Dilation by SeraphicHarmony

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If an observer cannot watch something fall into a black hole due to time dilation, can an observer ever say a black hole has expanded after absorbing mass? If so, why?

asked May 18, 2023 in Time Dilation by Billy Skittle

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Is proper time the rate that a clock ticks that is traveling with a moving object as observed by an external observer?

asked May 18, 2023 in Time Dilation by Selastra

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How does time dilation from special relativity affect two objects that consider the other to be moving?

asked May 17, 2023 in Time Dilation by Dan2022wales

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Since there is no gravity at the center of the Earth, does it experience gravitational time dilation?

asked May 17, 2023 in Time Dilation by LuminousHorizon

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How fast would a ship or probe need to go in order to create a noteworthy amount of time dilation?

asked May 17, 2023 in Time Dilation by Joel Drury

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Is gravity an illusion caused only from time dilation?

asked May 17, 2023 in Time Dilation by deadpoet65

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Can you go faster than the speed of light without causing any kind of time dilation or length contraction effects on yourself (not that anyone would want to)?

asked May 17, 2023 in Time Dilation by CrystalCharm

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If people did not know about time dilation, how would they have engineered the GPS system?

asked May 17, 2023 in Time Dilation by screwfix.may

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How does the constancy of the speed of light comport with the statement that light is the same speed regardless of the position, movement or velocity of the observer? Qua instantaneous movement (time dilation or instant quantum collapse)?

asked May 17, 2023 in Time Dilation by shekhar

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Since time slows towards the speed of light, could we live on a fast centrifuge to age slower, or use one for food stasis, as opposed to refrigeration?

asked May 16, 2023 in Time Dilation by andyasw

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Why compute what happens inside a black hole's event horizon if it is impossible to breach, due to time dilation?

asked May 16, 2023 in Time Dilation by pezza007

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Does gravitational time dilation on Earth increase or decrease the wattage an exposed object gets from the Sun?

asked May 16, 2023 in Time Dilation by elletheboy

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Do astronauts experience time differently at high speeds than people on Earth due to the Lorentz factor (time dilation)?

asked May 16, 2023 in Time Dilation by Pete (2.1k points)

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How does time dilation affect the biological clock, i.e., stop the growth of body cells?

asked May 16, 2023 in Time Dilation by Jason Appleby

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Is there an upper limit to how severe time dilation can be?

asked May 15, 2023 in Time Dilation by Chris Rixson

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Does time dilation encompass time?

asked May 15, 2023 in Time Dilation by Pink Panther

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Could you communicate with a person on a planet closer to a black hole while you're away from it not affected by the time dilation?

asked May 14, 2023 in Time Dilation by Greg Pearce

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If time dilation occurs when an object moves with respect to another object, why doesn't it occur when the object is at rest with respect to the other object?

asked May 14, 2023 in Time Dilation by StellarAlchemy

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We are moving in very high speed and looking at a clock far away from our space ship. It will tick slow to us. So for me outer surrounding is slow and for a constant observer my clock is slow. So how can we define time dilation in such a case?

asked May 14, 2023 in Time Dilation by Phil the Decorator

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