What+is+the+relationship+between+time+and+space?

__**WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TIME AND SPACE?**__

Answer the question below, append new answers to the top of this page. _ __Response 1:__ What is the Relationship Between Time and Space? You can’t talk about space with out time, was Einstein’s theory of the space-time continuum. Time, what Einstein said, is the fourth dimension. For example, when you talk about meeting a friend at a restaurant near by on 22nd street, at the table way in the back corner, you can be as specific as possible as to the place you will meet, but you will never be more clear if you don’t include a when. Another example would be if you were throwing a ball at someone, you can throw accurately in all three dimensions, but you won’t hit his or her head if that second isn’t right, or the fourth dimension. Einstein realized that an object in motion would experience time at a slower rate then a object at rest. Scientists proved this by sending an “atomic clock” up with a high-speed rocket ship and they returned slightly behind the clocks that stayed on the ground. Light travels at the speed of light, which is about 300, 000km per second. The moon is 10 light-seconds away from us. In other words, when light reflects off of the moon, it takes approximately 10 seconds to reach where you are look at it, so when you see the moon, you would be seeing 10 seconds ago as appose to right that moment. Same with the stars, which are much farther away. The nearest star is 4 light-years away, so when you look at this star, you would really be looking 4 years back, for all you know, the star could be gone by now. According to Einstein’s general theory of relativity, matter bends the fabric of time and space, and even effects light.
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