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Understanding Time Dilation and Relativity in Physics
Time dilation and relativity can help in understanding what's going on./nClocks in a spacecraft traveling at a significant fraction of the speed of light seem to be ticking much more slowly according to relativity./nThe twin who travels very fast to Alpha Centauri will age much less than the twin who remains on Earth due to time dilation./nTime dilation occurs because of the definition of motion in physics.