The Time Dilation Effect

The motion of the earth propels time forward. A physicist and astronomer took four sesium beam atomic clocks aboard commercial air liners. Sensica schame flew twice around the world, first eastward, then westward. When reunited, the three sets of clocks were found to disagree with one another. And their differences were consistent with the predictions of special gravity and general relativity.

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