• Question: Is time travel possible?

    Asked by Sophie to Scott, Vicky on 10 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by t.homas12.
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      Scott Lawrie answered on 10 Mar 2016:


      You are travelling forward in time right now, so yes! Going backwards in time is more difficult and I don’t think anyone has any serious idea of how to do it, but it’s not impossible…

      Here’s a fun fact: the faster you move, the slower your time passes. So imagine you zoomed away from Earth on a very fast rocket and let’s say one year went past on your clock. Much longer will have passed on Earth for everyone else! So in effect you’d be time-travelling forward and could see your own grand-children all grown up older than you!

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