Is Time Travel Possible?
Telescopes help us see stars and galaxies that are very far away. It takes a long time for the light from faraway galaxies to reach us. So, when we look into the sky with a telescope, we are seeing what those stars and galaxies looked like a very long time ago.
However, when we think of the phrase "time travel," we are usually thinking of traveling faster than 1 second per second. That kind of time travel sounds like something you'd only see in movies or science fiction books. Could it be real? Science says yes!"
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How do we know that time travel is possible?
"More than 100 years ago, a famous scientist named Albert Einstein came up with an idea about how time works. He called it relativity. This theory says that time and space are linked together. Einstein also said our universe has a speed limit
nothing can travel faster than the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) What does this mean for time travel? Well, according to this
theory, the faster you travel, the slower you experience time. Scientists have done some experiments to show that this is true
For example, there was an experiment that used two clocks set to the exact same time. One dock stayed on Earth, while the other flew in an airplane (going in the same direction Earth rotates)
After the airplane flew around the world, scientists compared the two clocks. The clock on the fast-moving airplane was slightly behind the clock on the ground. So, the clock on the eirplane was traveling slightly slower in time than 1 second per second"
Can we use time travel in everyday life?
"We can't use a time machine to travel hundreds of years into the past or future. That kind of time travel only happens in books and movies. But the math of time travel does affect the things we use every day.
For example, we use GPS satellites to help us figure out how to get to new places. (Check out our video about how GPS Satellites work.) NASA scientists also use a high-accuracy version of GPS to keep track of where satellites are in space But did you know that GPS relies on time-travel calculations to
help you get around town?
GPS satellites orbit around Earth very quickly at about 8,700 miles (14,000 kilometers) per hour. This slows down GPS satellite clocks by a small fraction of a second (similar to the airplane example above)
However, the satellites are also orbiting Earth about 12.550
miles (20,200 km) above the surface. This actually speeds up
GPS satellite clocks by a slighter larger fraction of a second. Here's how: Einstein's theory also says that gravity curves space and time, causing the passage of time to slow down. High up where the satellites orbit, Earth's gravity is much weaker. This causes the clocks on GPS satellites to run faster than clocks on the ground
The combined result is that the clocks on GPS satellites experience time at a rate slightly faster than 1 second per second, Luckily, scientists can use math to correct these differences in time
If scientists didn't correct the GPS clocks, there would be big problems. GPS satellites wouldn't be able to correctly calculate their position or yours. The errors would add up to a few miles each day, which is a big deal. GPS maps might think your home is nowhere near where it actually is"
In Summary:
"Yes, time travel is indeed a real thing. But it's not quite what you've probably seen in the movies. Under certain conditions, it is possible to experience time passing at a different rate than 1 second per second. And there are important reasons why we need to understand this real-world form of time travel"
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