The Secrets of the Universe | Time Dilation in a Minute | Cosmos in a Minute #11 @TheSecretsoftheUniverse | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 days ago.
The concept of time dilation will blow your mind. Imagine boarding a spaceship and embarking on a high-speed voyage through the cosmos. The faster you travel, the more time slows down for you relative to those you left behind on Earth. This is a fundamental aspect of our universe, described by Albert Einstein's theory of relativity! Astronauts on the International Space Station experience time dilation. They age slightly slower than their Earth-bound counterparts— although the difference is just a fraction of a second! Now, imagine venturing near a black hole. As you approach its event horizon, time slows down dramatically, almost coming to a standstill! In fact, what appears to be a second near a black hole could be thousands of years for observers on Earth. That's the mind-bending concept of time dilation.
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The concept of time dilation will blow your mind. Imagine boarding a spaceship and embarking on a high-speed voyage through the cosmos. The faster you travel, the more time slows down for you relative to those you left behind on Earth. This is a fundamental aspect of our universe, described by Albert Einstein's theory of relativity! Astronauts on the International Space Station experience time dilation. They age slightly slower than their Earth-bound counterparts— although the difference is just a fraction of a second! Now, imagine venturing near a black hole. As you approach its event horizon, time slows down dramatically, almost coming to a standstill! In fact, what appears to be a second near a black hole could be thousands of years for observers on Earth. That's the mind-bending concept of time dilation.
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