Recent content by tomatoking

Well, you just lost me. Heh. I feel like it's a stupid question, but why do lengths also contract, not just time? I know, I know, space ~ time and all that, but thinking from ground-up, why would length contract to an outside observer when moving at a constant velocity?

First of all, hello forum. I'm new. :biggrin: Alright, so I was recently informed of two things. I'm no physics student, but nonetheless I was still interested in these things. 1. The speed of light is always constant for all observers. 2. To compensate for the paradox of a light particle...