How much time dilation is there as time passes?

In summary, relativity suggests that time may be expanding, but it is still based on the concept of "now."
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nitsuj said:
The "visual" I came across is envisioning a long (one light second maybe) "perfectly rigid" pole/bar next to Earth
There is no such thing in relativity. It is also unclear what this would mean in a curved spacetime.
 
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Orodruin said:
There is no such thing in relativity. It is also unclear what this would mean in a curved spacetime.

I searched for it and am mistaken, I incorrectly recalled the "conceptual process" Einstein went through with GR and light bending. Thinking it was the comparative I gave that highlights why 2 times euclidean curve for light (I thought it was 1/2).

Sorry for making a false statement

I mean just keeping ya'll on your toes! :D
 

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