In other words, the ship in orbit should be traveling at near the speed of light, viewable from earth. However, the black hole slows down their time so they should be going slower. But how can light be going slower? How can time distort if two different perspectives view time differently?
I deleted the message because I thought I would find out myself. Since you replied already I'll try to explain further.
If the ship at the black hole appears from Earth to be moving slower in time... then if they were traveling at the speed of light how would they look from earth? The black...
I just don't understand how things can look different if physical matter is taking up space. It would mean that everything we can see is just an illusion with reference to who is seeing it.
Does that mean that there could be infinite dimensions, since every speed can view its own light...
I guess I should have said relative to the spaceship towing it. I just don't understand how you can have something going (say for example) .999999c, and have something else go .999999c relative to that, and have it not go over.
What really troubles me is if someone standing still on Earth and...
Could the "light is relative to the observer" be wrong, and there is some hole in which you can travel faster? How do we know for certain that this is the truth, and that we are not mistaken?
You have 2 identical spaceships, each that can go .90 the speed of light relative to Earth. One spaceship tows the other, and once reaching the maximal speed (.90c relative to earth), the second ship that is currently being towed, is released, which then proceeds to accelerate toward its...