I was going to answer your other question last night but I was too busy. I have more time now so I'll give it a shot now. This whole concept is based on the Michaelson-Morley experiment of the late 1800's. This showed that the speed of light is always measured as "c" no matter how fast you are going. When you think about it, this is really kind of crazy, except that it is absolute fact, proven over and over. So if this is really true, then what if you are traveling at 90% of "c" and you measure the speed of light in the same direction that you are going. Is it still measured as "c", no more and no less? The answer is a resounding YES!!!!. How is this possible? Albert Einstein wondered about the same thing while he was working at his boring job at the patent bureau, and he came up with the understanding that "something's got to give" to make this possible, to use a modern phrase. What has to give is "time" as well as "distance", with time being stretched out and distance being shrunken in the direction of travel. He worked this all out and published it as the theory of special relativity, in 1905. It has been proven over and over and over since then, despite it's being totally crazy. We will just have to accept it as fact. So yes, you could hop to Alpha Centauri or the Andomeda galaxy or anywhere else in the universe without aging much at all, except that the Earth would age greatly while you were traveling. So if you made a round trip, this is identical to traveling into the future. No wonder then that in the "Back to the Future" movie series, the time machine was in fact a vehicle. I hope this helps.
2006-10-31 05:01:32
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answered by Sciencenut 7
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Two separate questions. E-mc^2 was proven by the first, second, third, etc., atomic bombs.
Time dilation is a reality. The clocks on the GPS satellites experience time dilation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Relativity
2006-10-30 16:20:31
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answered by arbiter007 6
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Go rent the movie, What the bleep are we here for, ( down the rabbit hole ) the whole movie is the new discoveries in the fields of physics and how science and spiritual facts coexist.
I AM
2006-10-30 16:26:25
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answered by Anonymous
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subjects particular I certainly have a super form of em, Tissues No, i merely use rest room roll , with 5 youngsters i'm consistently working outta tissues, and that i assume you could now understand why I certainly have subjects too lol xxx
2016-11-26 20:22:52
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answered by Anonymous
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Here is a link to a page about E=mc^2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%3Dmc%5E2
2006-10-30 16:17:56
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answered by futureastronaut1 3
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It has been proved without a doubt. Time is not constant.
2006-10-30 16:21:44
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answered by HeyDude 3
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