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edgepflow
Jun25-09, 03:47 PM
If you are traveling away from earth on a space ship near the speed of light, it is well known that the moving clocks on the ship run slower relative to stationary clocks on earth.

I was wondering if while on the space ship, you could watch the news on TV and see events progress at a fantastically accelerated pace?

DaleSpam
Jun25-09, 03:56 PM
No, but you could do so if your ship were heading towards earth.

Doc Al
Jun25-09, 04:00 PM
If you are traveling away from earth on a space ship near the speed of light, it is well known that the moving clocks on the ship run slower relative to stationary clocks on earth.
And relative to the clocks on the ship, the earth clocks run slow.