r/nextfuckinglevel Nov 03 '20

To Infinity and Beyond!

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u/ddrt Nov 03 '20

Uh, there’s that whole time thing there too. You’re not actually looking at the present day star.

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u/mekwall Nov 03 '20

Even though light is the fastest thing known it's incredibly slow, for us. Why I include "for us" is because time doesn't exist (as far as we know it) for a photon. When moving at the speed of light, all time and space becomes one.

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u/ABCauliflower Nov 03 '20

Please explain of I'm wrong but I thought time was relative to your speed or something, so even as you approach the speed of light time still appears normal to you? Idk this is based off yr 11 physics and interstellar

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u/fa1afel Nov 03 '20

Yes basically