Quick Science Sift #14: Time dilation is a real phenomenon

BicycleRepairMansays...

Cool, just a thought, since the earth/galaxy/solar system itself is constantly moving and rotatinc etc, arent we then already experiencing this "time delay" thing all the time? perhaps much more even than the difference shown here.. of course, noone lives they entire lives being static in space so it would still be irrelevant.

t.geigersays...

While I do not doubt the effect of time dilation, I have serious doubts about our capabilities to test and measure it. When you take a clock up into a plane and fly it around, a lot of environmental factors change besides speed over time, several of which could be responsible for an error of such a small magnitude.

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