2006-07-04 00:38:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
thanx alot for answering guys,specially u "dougdell", i must think more about this matter but what i can say for now is that time dilation can only deny our timing units' accuracy not the time itself!
to help u understand my point of view better i explain some more: Think about the starting point, when there was nothing till the big bang explosion let everything out!
our time got started by the first light wave that began its cruise in the outter space, so isn't it the light's 'age countdown' ! that we mesure as time!??!
2006-07-04 22:38:21 · update #1
No, time is not equivalent to light. But the two things are very closely related.
Light travels (obviously) at the speed of light, about 300,000,000 (three hundred million) meters per second, or 186 thousand miles per second. Very, very fast. Einstein's special theory of relativity tells us that nothing can travel faster than light, and that some very strange things happen as things go faster and faster, close to the speed of light. Some of these are that things shrink and get heavier, but the one relevant to your question is that time slows down.
Time actually slows down for things moving near the speed of light! Isn't that incredible - like maybe the first step toward true time travel! And scientists have performed lots of experiments to show that the phenomena (technically called time dilation) actually occurs. Very very accurate clocks have been sped up very fast in jets and satellites, and they run at different times than stationary clocks on the ground.
So time is not equal to light, but it's very related, because as things go fast - close to light speed - their time changes.
2006-07-04 02:32:01 · answer #1 · answered by dougdell 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Light records an instant in time and carries it out into the rest of the universe. As for if there are "time waves" that also move at the speed of light, I would defer to theoretical physicists on that one.
2006-07-04 07:52:57 · answer #2 · answered by DDK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speed of ... or the nature of
Light can exist in both particle and wave form
In other areas such as distance etc we have formed sub units of each, time being one of them. Who knows in the future we may change our usage of time based on light
2006-07-04 07:44:10 · answer #3 · answered by RickSeymour.com 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is a dimension of space and light is a particle/wave, so there is no way they could be the same thing.
2006-07-04 07:47:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...
Maybe you are wondering if time takes support on light/electromagnetic waves?
Is there time where there is no "light"?
Does light convey/induce time?
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Sorry, but I can only answer with other questions lol.
2006-07-04 07:55:51 · answer #5 · answered by Axel ∇ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Way!!!!!!!! they cannot be equated!
2006-07-04 07:53:21 · answer #6 · answered by krish_preethi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not hardly.
2006-07-04 07:41:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋