Submitted by _bidooflr_ t3_11isl13 in askscience
mywan t1_jb2d1v2 wrote
Reply to comment by pepe_silvia_12 in Does the age of the universe depends on where you are? by _bidooflr_
One way to see this is to consider the clock paradox. Spaceships A and B are moving about 86% the speed of light relative o each other. Spaceship A look at B and says the clock at B has slowed down by half. Time slows down for moving objects. But B says no, they are not moving, A is moving. So B says the clock that the clock at A is the one that has slowed down by half.
So how do we test who is right? If A goes and parks next to B to prove they are right then B would appear to be right. But if B goes and parks next to A to prove they are right then A would appear to be right. “Now” is not any more universal than up and down.
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