Eli5: How does gravity affect time, dumb it down for me as much as possible

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Eli5: How does gravity affect time, dumb it down for me as much as possible

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So… space and time are two different ways of measuring the exact same thing. Like, we perceive things mostly in three dimensions, so we measure length, width, and height to determine how ‘big’ it is, but something that perceives more accurately than us would also measure time.

So, because time is just another measure of space, when something effects space, it effects time too.

Gravity bends that fabric. It’s like a weight, set on a cloth that’s pulled tight, so it pulls on the fabric and stretches it. But, like I just said, that fabric stretches in four directions (at least) so it stretches the length, the width, the height, and the time, of that fabric.