First earth-like habitable planet found

[wfz]

ManusJustus said:

wfz said:

Wait, time slows down as you approach the speed of light?

Does someone have a wiki or article I can read on this? That's fascinating! You could essentially time-travel into the future! It'd be a one-way trip though.

From http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=206598

If you could accelerate (in a reasonable time) to near the speed of light with respect our planet, let's say to 0.999999999999999999999999995 c, then you would reach the present (visible) limit of the universe and back to earth, in one day of your clock, but 28 billions of years on earth (non considering the universe expansion), if it will still exist!

If you want to figure it out yourself you can start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity#Time_dilation_and_length_contraction

WAY ABOVE MY HEAD

My mind has been absolutely blown into smitherines. This is why I love Physics so much. I was *this close* to majoring in it too, dammit. :(