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  2. Time dilation - Wikipedia

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    The faster the relative velocity, the greater the time dilation between them, with time slowing to a stop as one clock approaches the speed of light (299,792,458 m/s). In theory, time dilation would make it possible for passengers in a fast-moving vehicle to advance into the future in a short period of their own time.

  3. Gravitational time dilation - Wikipedia

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    The speed of light in a locale is always equal to c according to the observer who is there. That is, every infinitesimal region of spacetime may be assigned its own proper time, and the speed of light according to the proper time at that region is always c. This is the case whether or not a given region is occupied by an observer.

  4. How scientists can slow down time - AOL

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    If you travelled a year at 95% the speed of light; you'd age one year, and people on Earth would age 3.2 years! But if you were going 50% the speed of light it would only be 1.15 years. The effect ...

  5. Special relativity - Wikipedia

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    With this modified setup, it can be demonstrated that even signals only slightly faster than the speed of light will result in causality violation. [47] Therefore, if causality is to be preserved, one of the consequences of special relativity is that no information signal or material object can travel faster than light in vacuum.

  6. Tachyon - Wikipedia

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    In theories that do not respect Lorentz invariance, the speed of light is not (necessarily) a barrier, and particles can travel faster than the speed of light without infinite energy or causal paradoxes. [27] A class of field theories of that type is the so-called Standard Model extensions. However, the experimental evidence for Lorentz ...

  7. Speed of light - Wikipedia

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    The speed of light can be used in time of flight measurements to measure large distances to extremely high precision. Ole Rømer first demonstrated in 1676 that light does not travel instantaneously by studying the apparent motion of Jupiter's moon Io. Progressively more accurate measurements of its speed came over the following centuries.

  8. When does the time change? Here's when Daylight Saving Time ...

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    The time change helps to maximize the amount of natural daylight. For many, it's good to wake up and feel like you got more sleep or wake up earlier than usual. Hopefully, making you feel more rested.

  9. Twin paradox - Wikipedia

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    Consider a space ship traveling from Earth to the nearest star system: a distance d = 4 light years away, at a speed v = 0.8c (i.e., 80% of the speed of light). To make the numbers easy, the ship is assumed to attain full speed in a negligible time upon departure (even though it would actually take about 9 months accelerating at 1 g to get up ...