According to researchers, time could potentially be stopped. This revelation has caused much astonishment while also bringing hope to humanity that the dream of time travel may one day become a reality.
Time can potentially be stopped according to some scientific researchers
Experts have disclosed that it is possible to halt the progression of time, although executing this concept sounds impractical. To understand how time can be stopped, one must truly comprehend the Theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein. Einstein claimed that the speed of light is 299,792,458 meters per second, and it remains constant throughout the universe. This astonishing speed remains unchanged even if the observer is moving relative to it.
The speed of light is astonishing – approximately 299,792,458 meters per second
However, according to research from the University of Southern Maine, our perception of light can change.
Theoretically, what could alter human perception of time is a phenomenon known as “time dilation.” Time dilation is the difference in the elapsed time measured by two clocks. Imagine one clock placed on a spacecraft traveling close to or at the speed of light and another clock situated on Earth.
When the spacecraft reaches the speed of light, time will behave differently relative to both the clock on Earth and the clock on the spacecraft. Since the speed of light is constant for both parties, it seems that time would pass much slower on the rocket ship.
There is a difference in time in two different environments
Research from the University of Maine indicates: Time dilates on moving ships: the greater the speed, the greater the time dilation. Only when the speed approaches the speed of light do the effects become significant.
Thus, one can hypothesize that a spacecraft could achieve the speed of light, causing time on board to stop completely.
Imagine a spacecraft traveling at the speed of light from now until the year 2214. For us, those living on Earth, two hundred years will pass. However, what occurs during those two centuries for the time on the spacecraft would only be a moment.
Many hypotheses arise from the dilation of time.
This is strange, but theoretically correct.
However, there is also a hypothesis suggesting that nothing could travel faster than light. The fastest artificial object is NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which travels at 165,000 miles per hour while orbiting Jupiter.
Surprisingly, Professor Stephen Hawking stated that Einstein’s research on gravity, space, and time from 1915 might have found a solution to this issue. There exists a gravitational force that could connect two sides of the galaxy, acting as a shortcut to travel from one side to the other and back while those around you remain alive.
Einstein pointed out that infinite rocket energy would be needed to accelerate a spacecraft beyond the speed of light.
Such wormholes have been seriously discussed as potential phenomena in a future civilization.
However, if you could travel from one side of the galaxy to the other in one or two weeks, you might return through another wormhole and arrive back in time before you departed. You could even theoretically travel back in time with a single wormhole if both ends are moving relative to each other.
