Comments on: That sensation you’re feeling is the Quickening http://labcoatman.com.au/2008/08/that-sensation-youre-feeling-is-the-quickening/ Ben McKenzie: scientician, actor, comedian and Graeme Garden look-a-like Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gail http://labcoatman.com.au/2008/08/that-sensation-youre-feeling-is-the-quickening/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Gail Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:38:05 +0000 http://www.labcoatman.com.au/?p=245#comment-38 Time dilation comes down to the fact that the speed of light kinda slows down to an observer as an object heads toward the "event horizon". As you get closer and closer to that event horizon gravity pulling on it gets stronger and stronger, it affects light particles as well and eventually the observer will see fewer and fewer photons as the object gets closer and closer to the horizon. Not that the object is emitting any less light, just that the light travelling away from the black hole is taking longer and longer to get to the observer. So, as this time tends to inifinity, to the observer the object is slowing down in time, while for the object, its life as usual. Time dilation comes down to the fact that the speed of light kinda slows down to an observer as an object heads toward the “event horizon”. As you get closer and closer to that event horizon gravity pulling on it gets stronger and stronger, it affects light particles as well and eventually the observer will see fewer and fewer photons as the object gets closer and closer to the horizon. Not that the object is emitting any less light, just that the light travelling away from the black hole is taking longer and longer to get to the observer.

So, as this time tends to inifinity, to the observer the object is slowing down in time, while for the object, its life as usual.

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