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Related: About this forumIf There Were a Time Warp, How Would Physicists Find It?
By Mara Johnson-Groh 2 hours ago
Is time speeding up or slowing down?(Image: © Shutterstock)
It may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but scientists have already detected a time warp. But what does this mean? Basically, a time warp is some phenomenon that changes the flow of time by speeding it up or making it run more slowly.
Physicists have known about time warps for over 100 years: In fact, you're standing on a kind of time warp right now.
In 1905, Albert Einstein published his theory of special relativity, followed a decade later by his sequel on general relativity, which stated that gravity is a property of the curving of space and time the fabric of our universe. As a result, anything that has mass can warp time. [8 Ways You Can See Einstein's Theory of Relativity in Real Life]
Naturally, bigger things warp time better. With masses billions of times larger than the sun, black holes have a lot of heft, which translates into a lot of time-warping potential. If you were to approach a black hole, the object's gravity would dilate time, making things happen much more slowly than they would when compared to an outside observer. However, a black hole wouldn't make a good time machine if you wanted to make a return trip: After passing a certain point called the event horizon, you and anything you bring with you can never come back out. Not even light (hence the name black hole).
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If There Were a Time Warp, How Would Physicists Find It? (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
May 2019
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unblock
(52,212 posts)1. It's more a question of when
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)2. Let's do the Time Warp again
it's just a step to the left...or right, I don't remember.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)4. It's just a jump to the left - diagrams in the video below.
Judi Lynn
(160,527 posts)5. Hooray! Gotta brake for the video! Thank you. n/t
Staph
(6,251 posts)3. It's just a jump to the left
And then a step to the riiiiiiiiight!