2007-06-03 01:53:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Being in outer space does not slow down time. But two people moving past each other at close to the speed of light will see each others clocks as going slower. This effect happens everywhere, not just in space. Unless the speeds are large, this effect is very small.
2007-06-03 02:23:35 · answer #1 · answered by mathematician 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is a quantity which determines how fast a process takes place.
Cosmologists have determined that in outer space an expansion occurs at which the Universe is moving at an expansion rate which is too fast for time to be slow.
Physics theory in general explains why time changes as being caused by the expansion of the Universe, Since the Creation of the Universe .This Expansion of mass Structures(Galaxies) are dissipating outwardly and are believed by Scientists to be moving at equal or greater than light velocity.
So time in space does not run Slow it just increases in quantity as more and more events take place. It is basically cummulative.
2007-06-03 09:22:56 · answer #2 · answered by goring 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time "runs slow" due to the relative velocity of an object whether it's in outer space or not. It's an effect called "time dilation", theorized in relativity and proven as fact through many experiments involving synchronized atomic clocks...one stationary, the other aboard a plane.
2007-06-03 09:04:09 · answer #3 · answered by bradxschuman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time 'runs' at the same speed in outer space unless you are traveling near the speed of light (no one has done that yet). Einstein's work showed that time would slow, but it has not actually been observed to be slower.
2007-06-03 08:59:02 · answer #4 · answered by ekil422 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time really doesn't run slow in space. It is a concept of the special theory of Albert Einstein, when you're travelling with the speed of Light!!
Find info from George Smoot's works...
2007-06-03 10:11:49 · answer #5 · answered by aditya_phoenix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't..Time is the same every where..Your referring to time travel which is in relation to light travel..the faster you travel the slower time becomes in relation to static objects your moving from..if you look at a clock you can see it moving (the second hand) that's because the image from the clock is reaching you at light speed (300,000 km/ps).If you suddenly accelerated to light speed away from that clock you will only see that image so the clock would appear to be still so you have affectedly stopped time..
2007-06-03 09:03:46 · answer #6 · answered by Hunter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a copy of 'Wrinkles in Time' by George Smoot.
Doug
2007-06-03 08:56:57 · answer #7 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slow relative to what.
2007-06-03 09:16:54 · answer #8 · answered by chase 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋