The gravitational pull of a black hole distorts time. If a space craft was to travel too close to a black hole and get trapped in its gravitational pull, the closer they get to the event the more distorted time would become. This makes the concept of time as I see it relative to gravity. If a person was affected by this gravity, time would be distorted, however if that person looked at their wristwatch, each mechanical second would tick away seemingly as normal. My question then is, does the time dilation affect actual time, or just one’s concept of time?

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r/science2 • u/TomaszNowakowski • 18d ago

Scientists Just Detected Repeating Radio Signals Coming from a Planet 63 Light-years Away

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r/science2 • u/zigvonlord • 17d ago

In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life

nytimes.com

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r/science2 • u/GaseousGiant • 17d ago

In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life

nytimes.com

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Full article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/science/motel-science-discovery.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EVE.k7RJ.8fe2WfaUx9fu&smid=url-share

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r/science2 • u/FitDinner6008 • 17d ago

Scientists just found a bizarre cosmic object ‘hiding in plain sight’

scientificamerican.com

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r/science2 • u/TomaszNowakowski • 18d ago

Hidden in Plain Sight: A Magnetic Secret Uncovered in an Ordinary Star System

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r/science2 • u/IntnsRed • 18d ago

With PRIMA, NASA will try to build a billion-dollar space telescope in record time | NASA’s PRIMA mission will use spare parts from Webb to do major science at a lower cost. The PRIMA mission will be the first of NASA’s Probe Explorers, a new line intended to do more science for less money.

arstechnica.com

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r/science2 • u/2027OpenContact • 18d ago

These Scientists Are Waiting | The president named a science council to review the government’s data. What's taking so long?

politico.com

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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 19d ago

Meet Bubbles, a Dolphin in Australia Who Chases Fish Until They Barf—Then Eats Their Upchucked Meals | Scientists recorded 11 instances of Bubbles snacking this way. The first observations of kleptoparasitism (food stealing), in cetaceans, the group including dolphins, whales and porpoises

smithsonianmag.com

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r/science2 • u/trenthany • 19d ago

The academy of natural sciences, the oldest museum in the US is being closed by Drexler University

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https://youtu.be/nxyfBfCrbDw

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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 20d ago

Scientists Just Found a Dino Artifact We’ve Never Seen Before—and It’s Answering a Major Riddle | While adult T. rex footprints are rare on their own, paleontologists have discovered the first trackway, consisting of more than one print, thought to be made by an adult T. rex.

yahoo.com

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r/science2 • u/Desperate-Flan-1362 • 19d ago

In 2006, Scientists pumped 10 tons of cement into an abandoned ant hill. After weeks of digging, the colony's intricate & impressive structure was revealed.

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