Eli5: How does gravity affect time, dumb it down for me as much as possible
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As simple as possible im gonna try!
Need to know what gravity is and what time is.
Gravity
A word used to simplify bending of spacetime.
Time
A metric used to explain different points, like on a line graph.
Gravity can move the points closer together or further apart, like a slinky.
Or
Spacetime can be stretched or pulled closer together, kinda like how plastic wrap can be stretch or squished together.
As far as we know there is no limit on how much it can be squished or pulled apart. We do not possess the technology to do bend spacetime we can only observe it.
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