Special Relativity Time Travel to Future - Could You Watch the News on Earth?

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Traveling away from Earth on a spaceship at near-light speed results in time dilation, where the clocks on the ship run slower compared to stationary clocks on Earth. Consequently, while on the spaceship, one cannot watch news events unfold at an accelerated pace. However, if the spaceship is traveling towards Earth, the observer would perceive Earth events occurring more rapidly due to the relativistic effects of time dilation. This phenomenon is a direct consequence of Einstein's theory of Special Relativity.

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If you are traveling away from Earth on a spaceship 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?
 
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No, but you could do so if your ship were heading towards earth.
 
edgepflow said:
If you are traveling away from Earth on a spaceship 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.
 

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