Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains How Gravity Affects Time

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Does gravity affect time? Does time pass differently on Jupiter than it does on Earth? Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson explain to Eugene Mirman why the clocks on GPS satellites aren't ticking at the same rate as the clocks here on Earth, and what the military is doing about it. Speaking of time, if you love StarTalk Radio, isn't it time you signed up for our free newsletter at http://bit.ly/VppKWL?Catch up with StarTalk Radio around the web:iTunes - http://bit.ly/SOHDg6SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/startalkStitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/startalkTwitter -
Trancecoachjokingly says...

This is why the Delorean needs to reach 88 MPH in order to engage the flux capacitor and send Marty back in time. It is the minimum speed needed to temporarily lift the pressure imposed on the spacetime continuum that keeps us affixed to the surface of the Earth at the bottom of this 4,000-mile-deep gravity well in which we are all living*.


*except for the 3 people currently on the ISS.

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